LIMES

n. boundary wall, fortified boundary in ancient Roman

v. cover with lime, coat with a mixture of lime and water, whitewash; coat with birdlime; catch using birdlime

n. calcium oxide, white alkaline substance obtained by heating calcium carbonate at high temperatures (used in building and agriculture); quicklime; small green citrus fruit with juicy sour pulp

For other meanings, see lime or limit. A limes (or the Limes Romanus) was a border defense system of Ancient Rome. It marked the boundaries of the Roman Empire. The Latin noun limes had a number of different meanings: a path or balk delimiting fields, a boundary line or marker, any road or path, any channel, such as a stream channel, or any distinction or difference. In Latin, the plural form of limes is limites. The word limes, hence, was utilized by Latin writers to denote a marked or fortified frontier. This latter sense has been adapted and extended by modern historians concerned with the frontiers of the Roman Empire; e.g., the Wall of Hadrian in north England is sometimes styled the Limes Britannicus, the frontier of the Roman province of Arabia facing the desert is called the Limes Arabicus and so forth.
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Noun
1. a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
(synonym) calcium hydroxide, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate
(hypernym) hydroxide, hydrated oxide
2. a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
(synonym) calcium oxide, quicklime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime
(hypernym) oxide
(substance-meronym) calcium, Ca, atomic number 20
3. a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
(synonym) birdlime
(hypernym) adhesive material, adhesive
(derivation) birdlime
4. any of various related trees bearing limes
(synonym) lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia
(hypernym) citrus, citrus tree
(member-holonym) genus Citrus
5. any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
(synonym) linden, linden tree, basswood, lime tree
(hypernym) tree
(hyponym) American basswood, American lime, Tilia americana
(member-holonym) Tilia, genus Tilia
(substance-meronym) basswood, linden
6. the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
(hypernym) citrus, citrus fruit, citrous fruit
(hyponym) key lime
(part-holonym) lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia
Verb
1. spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
(synonym) birdlime
(hypernym) spread, scatter, spread out
(derivation) birdlime
2. cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"
(hypernym) cover
(derivation) calcium oxide, quicklime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime

n. file; lime

v. file

v. file, smooth with a file