(n.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus, the common fruit known in commerce being that of the species C. Limonum or C. Medica (var. Limonum). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.
(n.) The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.
Example Sentences:
(1) Put in a large bowl, add the parsley, oil and lemon juice, and gently toss.
(2) Add the onion, cook for three minutes, stirring, until softened, then add the wine, sage, lemon peel, lemon juice and 150ml water.
(3) The parotid saliva of the caries-rampant group showed a significantly higher level of anodemigrating proteins, predominantly isoamylases, and a significantly lower level of cathode-migrating proteins than that of the caries-resistant group in both paraffin-stimulated and sour lemon-stimulated salivary flows.
(4) While you can buy commercial formulations, I have always found that tap water, a cup of strong black tea, and some lemon juice provide enough nutrients for a lovely fermentation.
(5) Cruden Farm, Victoria The 54-hectare Murdoch family estate in Langwarrin south of Melbourne, Australia, features magnificent gardens complete with ponds, lemon-scented gum trees and two walled gardens and perennial borders.
(6) While ethoxyuridine, bromovinyl deoxyuridine and phosphono formiate gave no response in the animals, aciclovir, vidarabine, idoxuridine, trifluorothymidine, proclu and an extract of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) only induced weak reactions in the guinea pigs.
(7) Eighty subjects had their EPI E-I scores and lemon juice test (LJT) scores assessed at a.m. and at p.m.
(8) 400g cooked or tinned butterbeans 1 tsp ground cumin 10ml lemon juice ¼ clove garlic, peeled and finely minced 1 small handful picked flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped 1 tbsp plain flour (gluten-free flour also works fine) 1 tsp salt 1 egg 1 spring onion, trimmed and finely sliced 50g breadcrumbs 100g feta (or other crumbly goat's or sheep's cheese) Put the butterbeans, cumin, lemon juice, garlic, parsley, flour, salt and egg in a food processor and blitz to a coarse paste: you don't want the mix fully pureed, otherwise the burgers will be too wet and will fall apart on the grill.
(9) Finely chop the remaining parsley, tip it into a bowl, then mix in the onion and remaining lemon juice.
(10) The levels of migration of mineral hydrocarbons from polystyrene cups and glasses have been measured into aqueous food simulants as well as lager, beer, cola, sparkling apple juice, lemon barley water, coffee, hot chocolate, tea, lemon tea and chicken soup.
(11) Examination of a stored commercial soft drinks sample indicated the presence of the same lemon-yellow compound.
(12) This is a Bakewell tart, but with coconut frangipane and lemon curd instead of the usual sponge and raspberry jam.
(13) Jam is often used but this can make it too sweet – if you do use jam try mixing in a little lemon juice to sharpen things up.
(14) Ruth Joseph and Sarah Nathan's crumbly little almond and lemon tarts are the perfect example of its charms, to my mind – not too sweet, not too sour, just intensely, deliciously zesty.
(15) All subjects were subsequently tested in terms of changes in neonatal motor activity when confronted with the odor of alcohol or lemon.
(16) PVP was prepared from dry citrus (lemon, orange) peels by special technology.
(17) The exponential function of gastric evacuation in the lemon shark is similar to that in teleosts, but the kinetics are slower.
(18) 800g veal shoulder, cut into 4cm dice 1 tbsp plain flour Salt and black pepper 30g unsalted butter 60ml olive oil 1 large onion, peeled and roughly chopped 200ml dry white wine 8 large sage leaves Shaved skin of 1 lemon, plus 3 tbsp lemon juice 1 550g head puntarelle (or 2 heads white chicory, cut widthways into 3cm-long segments) 1 small celeriac, peeled and chopped into 2cm dice (500g net weight) 200g pancetta, cut into 1cm dice 20g capers For the salad 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed 1 anchovy fillet, finely chopped 2 tsp red-wine vinegar 2 tbsp olive oil 1 white chicory, cut in half lengthways and then into long, 0.5cm thick wedges (or the rest of the puntarelle, if using) 80g rocket Toss the veal in flour seasoned with a teaspoon of salt and a good grind of pepper, until evenly coated, then tap off any excess.
(19) A new scanning upon lemon juice (citric) stimulation was indistinguishable from that previously taken.
(20) I asked her what she thought of the freezing weather here and she said she was used to it.” At lunch, Kate dined on herb-infused vegetable terrine, poached salmon with dill hollandaise sauce, lemon pearl barley risotto and sautéed vegetables.
Swig
Definition:
(v. t.) To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider.
(v. t.) To suck.
(n.) A long draught.
(n.) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
(n.) A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc.
(v. t.) To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off.
(v. t.) To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.
Example Sentences:
(1) "A paramedic taking a swig from the Coke bottle in his glove compartment that's half vodka."
(2) Just when you’re wondering if the real Nigel Farage will stand up, he ends the ad by swigging from a good old pint of ale.
(3) One man took turns swigging from what appeared to be a bottle of pink champagne in each hand, shouting “no justice, no peace” to no one in particular.
(4) Goldfish are swallowed, whisky is swigged from condoms, bodily fluids are smeared on furniture.
(5) And in case you wondered where she stood on this final, most pathetic failure of New York's imperious chief executive, on Monday night across from Piers Morgan, Quinn took a massive swig from a 32oz soft drink.
(6) When two men dressed entirely in tin foil with silver bobbles on their heads walked into the village swigging beer, TV reporters immediately surrounded them.
(7) They sew, but they also knit (at Knit and Natter), and cycle (with Radiant Riders), and taste beer (Swig for Victory).
(8) Nadal trots to his chair for a quick swig of an energy drink.
(9) The battered boozer taking an occasional swig from his bottle of Whyte and Mackay on the late Inverness-to-Glasgow train shares an ambition with the progressive lawyer nursing a glass of red Burgundy in his lovely north Edinburgh home.
(10) Like every appletini-swigging SATC devotee who swore watching Carrie or Samantha was like seeing themselves, the Entourage audience gravitated quickly to Vince's effortless starpower, to E's everyman, to Turtle's dogged hustler and to Drama's … OK, only a member of the Screen Actors Guild could truly empathise with the relentless humiliation of Johnny Drama, but it was impossible not to celebrate his few small instances of victory.
(11) Not to be put off, the British comic’s latest film Grimsby has drawn fury for depicting the Lincolnshire port as a rundown badlands strewn with litter and peopled by beer-swigging children and hooligan parents.
(12) People swigged beer, marijuana spiced the air, hip-hop streamed from a sound system.
(13) Swigging his brown bitter while Morrissey sipped his orange juice, he tried to find out whether this Smiths person liked Special K, Prefab Sprout or the Beatles.
(14) Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian We found a spot outside HSBC, sniggered at the irony, and I took a swig from my hip flask of hot water, honey and lemon, and another swig of Buttercup cough syrup before we kicked off.
(15) Ahrendts, who is married to her childhood sweetheart and has three children, rises at 5am and swigs Diet Coke.
(16) Remember the rise of the 90s “ladette”, personified in 1999 by the then Radio 1 Breakfast Show presenter Zoë Ball swigging from a bottle of Jack Daniel’s on the morning of her wedding to Norman Cook?
(17) In my view, people are searching for a different coffee experience, and that’s what artisan coffee is.” When Extract started roasting coffee beans in a shed in 2007, there were no hordes of bearded, craft beer swigging hipsters banging down the door for their daily caffeine hit.
(18) The two leaders, along with Merkel’s chemistry professor husband, Joachim Sauer, then sat down with locals for a specially brewed G7 summit banana and clove-flavour weissbier, weisswurst and pretzels, all of them appearing to swig back the beer, despite the early hour.
(19) A portly, bespectacled figure sporting a plum-coloured tie, Cayne swigged from a plastic bottle of water while answering questions.
(20) One quick swig from the magic bottle later and he's okay.