Dream Dictionary

Lime

To see a lime in your dream, signifies that you will experience a temporary period of hard times but you will arise from it with greater and richer prosperity than before.

Dictionary definition

  • n. 1: a caustic substance produced by heating limestone [syn: calcium hydroxide, lime, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate]
  • 2: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide [syn: calcium oxide, quicklime, lime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime]
  • 3: a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds [syn: birdlime, lime]
  • 4: any of various related trees bearing limes [syn: lime, lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia]
  • 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 [syn: linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree]
  • 6: the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
  • v. 1: spread birdlime on branches to catch birds [syn: birdlime, lime]
  • 2: cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"