limed

Reduced lawn acidity

Limed means treated or covered with lime—calcium oxide or related compounds.

Soil is limed to reduce acidity: The fields were limed last fall.

In traditional practice, bird hunters limed branches to trap birds with the sticky substance.

Limed also describes something soaked in lime solution: limed hides in leather processing, limed eggs preserved in calcium hydroxide.

birdlime

fowling

Hunting wild birds

twigs · perch · decoy · poaching · gamekeeper · quarry · prey · wildfowl · camouflage · netting

construction

mortar

Grinding bowl or binder

stucco · render · coating · finish · binder · cement · hydrate · slaked · substrate · adhesive

agriculture

soil

Ground matter for planting

calcium · fertilizer · acidity · neutralize · fertility · nutrients · dolomite · gypsum · compost · manure

Categories
Opposites
soil treatment

limedacidified

Made more acidic

acidulated · sulfured · soured · acidic · unamended

treatment state

limeduntreated

Not given care

unamended · raw · natural · virgin

bird-catching method

limeduncoated

Without protective layer

cleared · clean · cleaned · bare · untreated

Phrases
Family

slimy, lime, slime, limes, limestone, slimes, liming, slimed, sliming

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G