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    lime
    I
    lime1 /laɪm/ noun
     Sense 1,4
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: French
     Origin: Provençal limo, from Arabic lim
     Sense 2
     Language: Old English
     Origin: lind
     Sense 3
     Language: Old English
     Origin: lim

    1. [countable] a small juicy green fruit with a sour taste, or the tree this grows on
    2. [countable] a tree with pleasant-smelling yellow flowers
       SYN  linden
    3. [uncountable] a white substance obtained by burning limestone, used for making cement, marking sports fields etc
       SYN  quicklime
    4. [uncountable] a light yellowish green colour

    II
    lime2 verb [transitive]
    technical to add lime to soil to control acid