Liming is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for LIMING in dictionary:

VERB:
• treat (soil or water) with lime to reduce acidity and improve fertility or oxygen levels
• give (wood) a bleached appearance by treating it with lime
• catch (a bird) with birdlime
• sit or stand around talking with others
NOUN:
• in the preparation of leather etc. the soaking of skins in limewater to remove hair
• a white caustic alkaline substance consisting of calcium oxide, which is obtained by heating limestone and which combines with water with the production of much heat; quicklime.
• a white alkaline substance consisting of calcium hydroxide, made by adding water to quicklime and used in traditional building methods to make plaster, mortar, and limewash.
• (in general use) any of a number of calcium compounds, especially calcium hydroxide, used as an additive to soil or water.
• birdlime.
• a rounded citrus fruit similar to a lemon but greener, smaller, and with a distinctive acid flavour
• a drink made from or flavoured with lime juice
• the evergreen citrus tree which produces limes, widely cultivated in warm climates.
• a bright light green colour like that of a lime
• a deciduous tree with heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellowish blossom, native to north temperate regions. The pale timber is used for carving and inexpensive furniture.
• an informal social gathering characterized by semi-ritualized talking.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to treat with lime (a calcium compound)
• present participle of lime

Words related to LIMING

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Words that contain LIMING

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How to use LIMING in a sentence

• I am not aware that either the Hawkins method or the Cooper coal liming process has yet received a trial from any Scotch gas engineer.
• Too much or too frequent liming may injure the soil.
• Draining and liming are all that bog-land requires to yield immediate crops.
• For there is plenty of bog-land less than four feet in depth, and this alone is worth draining and liming at present.
• A curious instance of the effect of not liming the land is supplied on one of the fields newly reclaimed by Mr.
• In commenting on this great loss of ammonia from liming, Prof.
• Liming the nuts prevents this to a certain extent, but limed nuts are not those best liked in the English market, whereas they are preferred in that state in the United States.

Similar words containing LIM without suffix ing

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