birdlime

UK: /ˈbɜːdˌlaɪm/ US: (bûrd′līm′)

Inflections of 'birdlime' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

birdlimes

v 3rd person singular

birdliming

v pres p

birdlimed

v past

birdlimed

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

bird•lime  (bûrd′līm′), n., v., -limed, -lim•ing. 
n. 

1. a sticky material prepared from holly, mistletoe, or other plants, and smeared on twigs to catch small birds that light on it.

v.t. 

2. to smear with birdlime.
3. to catch or capture, as with birdlime:
   to be birdlimed by flattery.

• late Middle English brydelyme. See bird, lime¹ 1400–50

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birdlime / ˈbɜːdˌlaɪm/ noun

1. a sticky substance, prepared from holly, mistletoe, or other plants, smeared on twigs to catch small birds

verb

1. (transitive) to smear (twigs) with birdlime to catch (small birds)