lime
- Noun. (chemistry) a general term for inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide; quicklime.
- Noun. (poetic) any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone.
- Verb. (transitive) To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
- Noun. A deciduous tree of the genus ''Tilia'', especially ''Tilia X vulgaris''; the linden tree, or its wood.
- Noun. A green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
- Noun. Any of the trees that bear limes, especially ''Citrus aurantiifolia''.
- Noun. A light, somewhat yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
- Noun. (fandom) A piece of fanfiction with suggestive or erotic, but not explicit content.
- Adjective. Containing lime or lime juice.
- Adjective. Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
- Adjective. Lime-green.
- Verb. (context, West Indies) To hang out, pass time on the streets.
- Noun. (anime) A fan fiction story that stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity; a story characterized by PG-13 level explicitness; or one that approaches an intimate scene, and then goes "off-camera", with the intimacy left to the reader's imagination.
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