lyme
See also: Lyme
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lyme (third-person singular simple present lymes, present participle lyming, simple past and past participle lymed)
- (Jamaica, slang) to hang out (to spend time doing nothing in particular)
- 2008, Thomas Glave, The Torturer's Wife, page 229:
- […] in Carlton's living room one Saturday evening, spending a few hours lyming over rum and, of all things, codfish dumplings, another thing Carlton loved, even in the evening […]
- 2008 December 21, “Glitz, glamour and party!”, in Jamaica Gleaner[1]:
- Guests were directed to the cocktail area where they lymed and enjoyed finger food with a choice of sorrel or fruit punch.
- 2018 June 17, “Auto Bonding - Fathers Use Automotives To Build Relationships With Their Children”, in Jamaica Gleaner[2]:
- Barnes, who organised the day's activities which involved several fathers and their children lyming at DaCosta Farms and Adventures, was very adamant that it is important for fathers to bond with their kids while they are still young.
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lyme (plural lyme dem, quantified lyme)
- Alternative spelling of lime.
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lyme
- Alternative spelling of lime.
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Etymology 1 edit
From limu, plural of Old English lim, from Proto-West Germanic *limu.
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lyme (plural lymes)
- organ, body part
- limb, extremity of the body
- (figurative) An extremity, branch, or extension.
- (Christianity) A good Christian.
- A devoted member of any other cause.
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- “lim, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.
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lyme
- Alternative form of leme
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lyme
- Alternative form of lym (“quicklime”)