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PRONUNCIATION OF LIMY

limy  [ˈlaɪmɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIMY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Limy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LIMY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of limy in the English dictionary

The definition of limy in the dictionary is of, like, or smeared with birdlime. Other definition of limy is containing or characterized by the presence of lime.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIMY


blimey
ˈblaɪmɪ
gorblimey
ɡɔːˈblaɪmɪ
grimy
ˈɡraɪmɪ
limey
ˈlaɪmɪ
primy
ˈpraɪmɪ
rimy
ˈraɪmɪ
slimy
ˈslaɪmɪ
stimy
ˈstaɪmɪ
stymie
ˈstaɪmɪ
stymy
ˈstaɪmɪ
thymey
ˈtaɪmɪ
thymy
ˈtaɪmɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIMY

limp
limp-wristed
limpa
limper
limpet
limpid
limpidity
limpidly
limpidness
limping
limpingly
limpkin
limply
limpness
Limpopo
limpsy
limuli
limuloid
limulus
lin

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIMY

academy
anatomy
army
astronomy
atimy
bulimy
creamy
domy
dummy
economy
Emmy
enemy
filmy
Grammy
mommy
my
tammy
taxonomy
tommy
yummy

Synonyms and antonyms of limy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «limy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIMY

Find out the translation of limy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of limy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «limy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

石灰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

calizo
570 millions of speakers

English

limy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चिपचिपा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

известковые
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

limy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চুনপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

calcaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Limy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kalkigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

石灰乳
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

석회질
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Limy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhiều nhựa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

limy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लिम्बी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kireçli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

calcareo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wapienny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вапняні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

var
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασβέστη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kleverig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kalkberonger
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kalk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of limy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIMY»

The term «limy» is regularly used and occupies the 63.257 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIMY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «limy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «limy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about limy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIMY»

Discover the use of limy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to limy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bulletin
The upper two-thirds of the formation consists of black and brown limy petroliferous shale and the lower 75 feet of hard thin- bedded blue to black fossiliferous and petroliferous limestone. The limy shale at the outcrop forms conspicuous gray ...
‎1923
2
Department of the Interior final environmental statement: ...
Range Sites 1 Granitic Hills 16-20 100 2 Limestone Hills Granitic Hills 12-16 80 20 3 Sand Bottom 12-16 100 4 Limy Upland 12-16 100 5 Loamy Upland 12-16 100 6 Granitic Hills 12-16 100 7 Sandy Loam Upland Limy Upland 12-16 80 20 8  ...
United States. Bureau of Land Management, 1978
3
Record of Deep-well Drilling for 1905
Gray, impure limestone 1, 005-1, 030 Gray limestone and gray limy and gypsif erous shale 1 , 030-1 , 050 Gray limestone and red and gray limy shale 1,050-1, 100 Red shaly limestone 1,100-1,105 Gray limestone, red shale, dark and light ...
Myron L. Fuller, Samuel Sanford, 1906
4
Zinc and Lead Deposits of the Upper Mississippi Valley
Gray, impure limestone 1,005-1,030 Gray limestone and gray limy and gypeiferous shaJe 1 , 030-1 , 050 Gray limestone and red and gray limy shale 1,050-1, 100 Red shaly limestone 1, 100-1, 105 Gray limestone, red shale, dark and light ...
Harry Foster Bain, 1906
5
Professional Paper
The materials overlying the Dakota sandstone of Republican Valley are the limy shales and the limestone of the Niobrara formation and the dark shales, with thin sandstones and limestones, of the formations of the Benton group. West of ...
‎1905
6
Professional paper - United States Geological Survey
Porphyry here cuts across the bedding of limy Cretaceous shales, which are much baked and metamorphosed. The strike of the contact is about S. 85° E. and the dip approximately vertical. A 12-inch streak along this contact constitutes the  ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1910
7
Soil survey of ...
Suitability of the soils for specified yard and garden plants Group 1 Fair: too limy, slow permeability. Fair: too limy, slow internal drainage. Fair: too limy, slow internal drainage. Fair: too limy, slow internal drainage. Fair: too limy, poor internal ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1977
8
Soil survey
Fair; too limy, slow permeability. Fertilize, condition by adding sand and organic matter. Good. Keep in good tilth Good. Keep in good tilth Fair; too clayey, slow permeability. Fertilize, condition by adding sand and organic matter. Good Poor ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1966
9
Final environmental statement: Upper Gila - San Simon
20 3 Sand Bottom 12-16 100 4 Limy Upland 12-16 100 s Loaay Upland 12-16 100 6 Cranltlc Hllla 12-16 100 7 Sandy Loam Upland Liny Upland 12-16 80 20 8 Loamy Upland Limy Upland 12-16 70 30 □ Loan Bottom Sand Bottom 7-12 70 30 ...
United States. Bureau of Land Management, 1978
10
Geology of the Huancavelica quicksilver district, Peru
The lowermost San Luis rocks are exposed in the Santa Cruz, Algodonal, Ponupo, Cuatro Caminos and El Aura areas; they are limy shale and marl which grade downward into the Charco Redondo limestone member of the Cobre formation.
Robert Giertz Yates, Deane Frederick Kent, Jaime Fernández Concha, 1951

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIMY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term limy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Lady's mantle settles softly over the garden
It is tremendous with the smoky blue of nepeta and the silver of lamb's ear and looks really well with geraniums - its limy green making a great ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
Nicola Mining Successfully Completes Preliminary Mineral …
... with finely disseminated chalcopyrite within quartz diorite, and 3) within magnetite + epidote skarn-altered limy tuffs with malachite +/- azurite ... «Azomining, Jul 15»
3
Nicola Mining Inc. Completes Preliminary Exploration Program That …
... within quartz diorite, and 3) within magnetite + epidote skarn-altered limy tuffs with malachite +/- azurite +/- chalcopyrite mineralization. «Geology for Investors, Jul 15»
4
Billowing bellflowers lend an airy elegance
While easy to grow in any ordinary soil, the bellflowers are seen at their best on neutral to limy soil, well drained but not too dry. Any of these ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
5
Gardening: 'Things hot up in the summer garden'
It grows best in well drained soils, especially in limy soils. It can become leggy and bare at the base unless pruned annually after the flower is ... «Limerick Leader, Jun 15»
6
Desert Camp Adventure
When these sea creatures died, their shells were preserved in the limy mud of the sea floor. After the land changed with decades of erosion, the ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jun 15»
7
Flowering dogwood makes sheets of blooms
Limy soil should be improved with lots of organic material at the planting stage, and annual mulches of decayed leaves to acidify the soil and ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
8
Here's Why You Can't Watch Letterman's Late Show on YouTube …
... 'interview' and looks like he is saying to himself, “how can I be relevant with an over cheerful limy oof and sell the Jurassic steak I am her for? «Vulture, Jun 15»
9
Can I water my garden with softened water?
... more than acid-loving plants that are going to turn up their toes if occasionally given the odd soak with hard, limy tap water during a drought. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
10
Chelsea Flower Show: full planting guide to the Telegraph garden
The yellows feature Phlomis, limy Euphorbia palustris, daisy-flowered Doronicum × excelsum 'Harpur Crewe', and stunning Itoh peonies, the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»

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