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1. Lime
   [magazine] LIME was a monthly magazine published under the umbrella of MediaCorp that targeted Asian youths and focused on tabloid breaking news, music, celebrity,entertainment and lifestyle. The contents in LIME usually featured Asian celebrities and lifestyles of youth in Singapore and was...
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2. Lime
   Lime is Caribbean slang for to sit or stand around on the pavement.
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3. Lime
   Lime is Caribbean slang for to sit or stand around on the pavement.
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4. Lime
   (Citrus) These plants are native to the southern and southeastern mainland of Asia and the bordering Malayan islands. They are small, spiny shrubs or trees with alternate, usually evergreen, leaves, which are shiny and leathery and dotted with oil glands. The stems are mostly winged and jointed ...
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5. lime
   [n] - any of various related trees bearing limes 2. [n] - the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees 3. [v] - cover with lime, as of lawns, to induce growth
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6. Lime
   Generally ground limestone which is used to neutralize soil acidity. Essential for crop growth and application rates average 5000kg/ha.
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7. Lime
   is a general term for the various forms of calcium oxide and/or hydroxide with lesser amounts of magnesium oxide and/or hydroxide. It is sometimes used incorrectly to refer to limestone.
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8. Lime
   Calcium is the chief chemical element of lime which is an essential plant food and soil conditioner that is used to neutralize acid soil and to improve the texture of heavy clay soils
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9. Lime
   any of a family of chemicals consisting essentially of calcium hydroxide made from limestone (calcite) which is composed mostly of calcium carbonate or a mixture of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate.
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10. Lime
    A white or gray substance, also often known as quicklime. It is obtained by burning limestone or shells to drive of the carbon dioxide. It becomes very hot when mixed with water, creating 'slaked lime'.
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11. lime
    a) a stratified rock consisting principally of the mineral calcite (calcium carbonate); b) stone quarried from a limestone rock; rock consisting of calcium carbonate Category: Chemistry • two sorts of lime exist:Quicklime and slaked lime.Quicklime is calcium oxide CaO,slaked lime is calc...
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12. Lime
    Any reference to lime usually means lime mortar. Lime is calcium carbonate, the main source of which is limestone. Lime mortar is produced in a process which basically involves, burning the limestone, then adding water to produce a base material to which various aggregates or additives are ...
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13. lime
    Soft, fine-grained, creamy-white European wood. Lime proved a great success with woodcarvers as it cuts well with or across the grain. The master carver Grinling gibbons and his school used it extensively.
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14. Lime
    Lime is sometimes added to compost piles to increase pH. However, unless you are seeking a high-pH compost it is unlikely you need to add lime. Compost piles become acidic in the initial stages as organic acids are formed. However, as the composting process continues, the pH returns to a balanced state. If you add lime, an odour may occur because of the formation of ammonia gas.
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15. Lime
    In the industry this term is used for either hydrated lime or ground limestone used as a fertiliser.
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16. Lime
    Lime (līm) noun [ See Leam a string.] A thong by which a dog is led; a leash. Halliwell.
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17. Lime
    Lime noun [ Formerly line , for earlier lind . See Linden .] (Botany) The linden tree. See Linden .
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18. Lime
    Lime noun [ French lime ; of Persian origin. See Lemon .] (Botany) A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree which bears it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica , var. acida which is intensely sour, ...
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19. Lime
    Lime noun [ Anglo-Saxon līm ; akin to Dutch lijm , German leim , Old High German līm , Icelandic līm , Swedish lim , Danish liim , Latin limus mud, linere to smear, ...
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20. Lime
    Lime transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Limed (līmd); present participle & verbal noun Liming .] [ Confer Anglo-Saxon gelīman to glue or join together. See <...
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21. lime
    1. To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime. 'These twigs, in time, will come to be limed.' (L'Estrange) ... 2. To entangle; to insnare. 'We had limed ourselves With open eyes, and we must take the chance.' (Tennyson) ... 3. To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with li...
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22. lime
    noun the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
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23. lime
    noun any of various related trees bearing limes
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24. lime
    (līm) calcium oxide, a corrosively alkaline and caustic earth, CaO; having various industrial uses and also a pharmaceutic necessity. the acid fruit of Citrus aurantifolia, which contains ascorbic acid.
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25. Lime
    • (v. t.) To cement. • (n.) Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an ess...
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