"lye" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /laɪ/ Forms: lyes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: From Middle English leye, lye, from Old English lēah, lēag (“lye”), from Proto-West Germanic *laugu, from Proto-Germanic *laugō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Loge, Looie (“lye”), Dutch loog (“lye”), German Low German Loge, Loje, Loog (“lye”), German Lauge (“lye”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|leye}} Middle English leye, {{inh|en|ang|lēah}} Old English lēah, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*laugu}} Proto-West Germanic *laugu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*laugō}} Proto-Germanic *laugō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*lewh₃-|t=to wash}} Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”), {{cog|stq|Loge}} Saterland Frisian Loge, {{cog|nl|loog|t=lye}} Dutch loog (“lye”), {{cog|nds-de|Loge}} German Low German Loge, {{cog|de|Lauge|t=lye}} German Lauge (“lye”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lye (countable and uncountable, plural lyes)
  1. An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Potassium
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  2. Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Potassium Translations (caustic alkaline solution): alisivë [feminine] (Albanian), ῥύμμα (rhúmma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), մոխրաջուր (moxraǰur) (Armenian), alsivã [feminine] (Aromanian), alisivã [feminine] (Aromanian), лу́га (lúga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), lleixiu [masculine] (Catalan), 灰汁 (huīzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), 灰水 (huīshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), louh [masculine] (Czech), hydroxid draselný [masculine] (Czech), hydroxid sodný [masculine] (Czech), lud [common-gender] (Danish), loog [neuter] (Dutch), natriumhydroxide [neuter] (Dutch), caustic soda [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), caustische soda [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), bijtende soda [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), alkala solvaĵo (Esperanto), leelis (Estonian), lipeä (Finnish), soude [feminine] (French), soude caustique [feminine] (French), potasse caustique [feminine] (French), potasse [feminine] (French), hydroxyde de sodium (French), lixivia [feminine] (Galician), bogada [feminine] (Galician), decoada [feminine] (Galician), cenrada [feminine] (Galician), Lauge [feminine] (German), Ätznatron [neuter] (German), kaustisches Soda [neuter] (German), αλισίβα (alisíva) [feminine] (Greek), lúg (Hungarian), lútur (Icelandic), lindi (Indonesian), buac [feminine] (Irish), liscivia [feminine] (Italian), cenerata [feminine] (Italian), ranno [masculine] (Italian), idrossido di sodio [masculine] (Italian), soda caustica [feminine] (Italian), 灰汁 (aku) (alt: あく) (Japanese), あく (aku) (Japanese), ក្បុង (kbong) (Khmer), lixa [feminine] (Latin), пепе́лница (pepélnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), цеѓ (ceǵ) [masculine] (Macedonian), лу́га (lúga) [feminine] (Macedonian), booag [feminine] (Manx), lut [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lut [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lessiu [masculine] (Occitan), بوغاده (buğada) (Ottoman Turkish), ług (Polish), lixívia (Portuguese), soda cáustica (Portuguese), leșie [feminine] (Romanian), щёлок (ščólok) [masculine] (Russian), ка́устик (káustik) (english: sodium hydroxide) [masculine] (Russian), е́дкий натр (jédkij natr) (english: sodium hydroxide) [masculine] (Russian), е́дкое ка́ли (jédkoje káli) (english: potassium hydroxide) [neuter] (Russian), buac [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), лу̑г [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lȗg [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lejía [feminine] (Spanish), lut [common-gender] (Swedish), lihiya (Tagalog), tilis (Tagalog), ด่าง (dàang) (Thai), buğada (Turkish), kostik (Turkish), луг (luh) [masculine] (Ukrainian), nước tro (Vietnamese), nước tro tàu (Vietnamese), lleisw [masculine] (Welsh)
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Derived forms: chamber lye, lyed, potash lye, soda lye
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /laɪ/ Forms: lyes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: Variant of lie (“to rest horizontally”) now used in a specialised sense; compare sett. Head templates: {{en-noun}} lye (plural lyes)
  1. Obsolete spelling of lie. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: lie
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  2. (UK, rail transport) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Rail transportation, Potassium, Sodium
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Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /laɪ/ Forms: lyes [present, singular, third-person], lyeing [participle, present], lying [participle, present], lyed [participle, past], lyed [past]
Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: From Middle English leye, lye, from Old English lēah, lēag (“lye”), from Proto-West Germanic *laugu, from Proto-Germanic *laugō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Loge, Looie (“lye”), Dutch loog (“lye”), German Low German Loge, Loje, Loog (“lye”), German Lauge (“lye”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|leye}} Middle English leye, {{inh|en|ang|lēah}} Old English lēah, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*laugu}} Proto-West Germanic *laugu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*laugō}} Proto-Germanic *laugō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*lewh₃-|t=to wash}} Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”), {{cog|stq|Loge}} Saterland Frisian Loge, {{cog|nl|loog|t=lye}} Dutch loog (“lye”), {{cog|nds-de|Loge}} German Low German Loge, {{cog|de|Lauge|t=lye}} German Lauge (“lye”) Head templates: {{en-verb|pres_ptc2=lying}} lye (third-person singular simple present lyes, present participle lyeing or lying, simple past and past participle lyed)
  1. To treat with lye.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /laɪ/ Forms: lyes [present, singular, third-person], lying [participle, present], lay [past], lain [participle, past], layn [participle, past]
Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: Variant of lie (“to rest horizontally”) now used in a specialised sense; compare sett. Head templates: {{en-verb|lyes|lying|lay|lain|past_ptc2=layn}} lye (third-person singular simple present lyes, present participle lying, simple past lay, past participle lain or layn)
  1. Obsolete spelling of lie. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: lie
    Sense id: en-lye-en-verb-0Or3XA5l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "灰汁"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lut"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lessiu"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "buğada",
      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "word": "بوغاده"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "word": "ług"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "word": "lixívia"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "buac"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
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      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
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      "roman": "dàang",
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      "word": "buğada"
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      "word": "луг"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "word": "nước tro"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "word": "nước tro tàu"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "cs",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "caustic alkaline solution",
      "tags": [
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