- present tense form of lime (3rd person singular).
limes
Americannoun
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a boundary, especially the fortified border or frontier of a country.
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(initial capital letter) Siegfried Line.
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an ancient Roman frontier fortification.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of limes
1530–40; < Latin līmes; see limit
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Wearing black Swig shirts, the crew swiftly mixed drinks with bobbing limes and swirling cream.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
She shows me ripening limes and lemons inside her allotment greenhouse.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025
I also have an olive oil from Puglia that has lemons and limes in it, it's not just a flavored oil and I had a case of it in Puglia so I keep that there.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025
In short: Vice President Kamala Harris, thrust on Sunday into a brighter limelight — more on limes later — after President Biden quit the presidential race and endorsed her, is having a digital cultural moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
Only the British officers had limes, lemons, and oranges these days—they and their friends among the Boston Tories.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
These limites were protected by small forts manned by auxiliary troops.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
B 5 verso: "I and other of her Justices have received commission for the apprehending of as many as are within these limites."
From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Notestein, Wallace
Consequently, when in the third century the barbarians broke through the limites they found no forces capable of checking them until they had penetrated deeply into the heart of the provinces.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
At present Epiontology is divided into geography and palaeontology, "mais cette division trop inegale et a limites bien vagues disparaitra probablement."
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
He reverted abruptly to the defensive policy of Augustus and began to fortify the limites on a more elaborate scale.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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