English Explanatory Dictionary

Lyme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A town in New London County, Connecticut, United States.
  3. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
  4. A town in Jefferson County, New York, United States.
  5. Synonym of Forest of Lyme, mainly in Staffordshire, England
noun
  1. Lyme disease.
verb
  1. to hang out (to spend time doing nothing in particular)
name
  1. A solution stack consisting of the Linux operating system, Yaws web server, Mnesia database, and Erlang programming language.

Pronunciation

En-au-lyme.ogg

Word forms

Lyme lymes lyming lymed

Etymology

All three towns are named after Lyme Regis in Dorset, England.

Synonyms

Forest of Lyme mainly in Staffordshire England

Related words

lyme grass

Derived words

East Lyme Forest of Lyme Lyme Bay Lyme disease Lyme Regis Newcastle-under-Lyme Old Lyme
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