aol — meaning in English

English meaning

• lime noun A small, round, green citrus fruit with a sharp, tart flavor.
• whiten verb (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
• whitewash noun A cheap white paint made from lime or chalk mixed with water, used to coat walls and fences.

Senses

aol is used for these senses in English:

• lime (chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
• lime (transitive) To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
• whiten (ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
• whitewash (uncountable) A mixture of a powdered mineral substance (often slaked lime (containing calcium hydroxide), chalk (calcium carbonate), or both) and water which is used for painting surfaces such as fences and walls bright white.

lime — full definition

1. noun A small, round, green citrus fruit with a sharp, tart flavor.
2. noun A bright, slightly yellowish-green color.
3. noun Calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide, used in construction, farming, and industry.
4. noun A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, also called the linden — unrelated to the citrus tree.
5. verb To treat soil or material with lime (the mineral).

whiten — full definition

1. verb (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
2. verb To increase the security of an iterated block cipher by steps that combine the data with portions of the key.
3. verb To normalize data so that the covariance matrix becomes the identity matrix; i.e., to remove correlations so each variable has unit variance.

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