Standard Lemma guide

Lyme

name · noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 2

A town in New London County, Connecticut, United States.

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name

Meaning 3

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.

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name

Meaning 4

A town in Jefferson County, New York, United States.

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name

Meaning 5

Synonym of Forest of Lyme, mainly in Staffordshire, England

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Synonyms: Forest of Lyme, mainly in Staffordshire, England

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name

Meaning 6

A solution stack consisting of the Linux operating system, Yaws web server, Mnesia database, and Erlang programming language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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noun

Meaning 7

Lyme disease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, uncountable

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verb

Meaning 8

to hang out (to spend time doing nothing in particular)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Jamaica, slang

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History

Etymology

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