lime
- noun
- /laɪm/
- Archaic
:
pegamento para aves
- The bird speared the lime on the branch, becoming trapped by the sticky substance.
Examples
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He carefully smeared lime on the tree branches to catch small birds that flew by.
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Salmon farmers in Atlantic Canada benefit from the research conducted by the Salmonid Demonstration and Development Farm (SDDF), located at Lime Kiln Bay, New Brunswick, which was opened in 1986.
Academic text (1990) -
Using the details of individual instrument usage for each observation and the available image quality data, this analysis considers how much additional lime would be required to achieve the intended data quality.
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As my Creole improved, I was better able to communicate, and in time I felt as at home in peasants' lime-covered cailles as at the pension.
Academic text (1990) -
Today it is covered by city housing of all kinds, but in the '30s it was green (or brown) peasant country, with small gardens and lime-covered habitant huts all the way up to the high ridge.
Academic text (1990) -
To trap the birds, she prepared the lime and applied it generously on the twigs.
Synonyms
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A sticky substance spread on branches to make small birds stick to them
Compounds
- Specialized
A white powder made by heating limestone that is used to make lime and in industry
- Specialized
Material made by heating limestone until it stops reacting and does not bind well
- Specialized
A type of lime heated so much it stops reacting and cannot bind materials
- Specialized
A white powder used to help melt and clean metals and to make slaked lime
- Specialized
A milky liquid used to make things less acidic, for example in tanning and water treatment
- Specialized
A type of lime heated too much so it does not react with water or make strong mortar
- Specialized
A hard powder made from limestone heated too much that does not react and makes weak mortar
A large tree with leaves that are white and soft underneath and often planted in parks
- Specialized
A soft white powder made by adding water to quicklime used to make plaster and to reduce soil acidity
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lime (sticky trap) is the same old word for a sticky paste, and survives in birdlime, the sticky substance once used to catch birds. A helpful way to remember it is to think of 'bird-lime' as a sticky 'lime' spread on branches to trap small birds.