overlime

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verb

To treat (soil) with too much lime.

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Meanings

verboverlime (third-person singular simple present overlimes, present participle overliming, simple past and past participle overlimed)

present singular third person overlimes · participle present overliming · participle past overlimed · past overlimed

  1. transitiveTo treat (soil) with too much lime.

    Don't overlime acid soil, because availability of some nutrients may be decreased when the soil pH is too high.

    2004, Denny Schrock, Ortho Home Gardener's Problem Solver, page 407

Origin

From over- + lime.

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APA

overlime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlime

MLA

“overlime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlime. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overlime,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlime.

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