limed
Meaning of limed
- (of wood, especially oak) treated with lime so as to give it a bleached appearance.
they used limed oak for the floors
limed oak dining furniture
Middle English: from lime1.
verb, past tense- treat (soil or water) with lime to reduce acidity and improve fertility or oxygen levels.
they were liming acidified lakes
- give (wood, especially oak) a bleached appearance by treating it with lime.
the oak had to be limed, then waxed, and then brushed to get that particular effect
- catch (a bird) with birdlime.
the bird that hath been limed in a bush
Old English līm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijm, German Leim, also to loam.
verb, past tense- sit or stand around talking with others.
boys and girls were liming along the roadside as if they didn't have anything to do
origin uncertain; said to be from Limey (because of the number of British sailors present during the Second World War), or from suck a lime, expressing bitterness at not being invited to a gathering.
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Hyphenation of limed
limed
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- limed is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Anagrams of limed
Words that rhyme with limed
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