"lyme" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-lyme.ogg [Australia] Forms: lymes [present, singular, third-person], lyming [participle, present], lymed [participle, past], lymed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} lyme (third-person singular simple present lymes, present participle lyming, simple past and past participle lymed)
  1. (Jamaica, slang) to hang out (to spend time doing nothing in particular) Tags: Jamaica, slang Related terms: lyme grass
    Sense id: en-lyme-en-verb-1zB11fq9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Jamaican English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 64 4 4 2 4 1 7 10 3 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 3 4 3 4 1 7 9 3 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for lyme meaning in English (3.0kB)

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