time/thyme
time (tīm)
Noun
- A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.
- An interval separating two points on this continuum; a duration: a long time since the last war; passed the time reading.
- A number, as of years, days, or minutes, representing such an interval: ran the course in a time just under four minutes.
- An interval, especially a span of years, marked by similar events, conditions, or phenomena; an era. Often used in the plural: hard times; a time of troubles.
- A suitable or opportune moment or season: a time for taking stock of one's life.
- Periods or a period designated for a given activity: harvest time; time for bed.
- An appointed or fated moment, especially of death or giving birth: He died before his time. Her time is near.
Adjective
- Of, relating to, or measuring time.
- Constructed so as to operate at a particular moment: a time release.
- Payable on a future date or dates.
- Of or relating to instalment buying: time payments.
Verb. Transitive., timed, tim·ing, times.
- To set the time for (an event or occasion).
- To adjust to keep accurate time.
- To adjust so that a force is applied or an action occurs at the desired time: timed his swing so as to hit the ball squarely.
- To record the speed or duration of: time a runner.
- To set or maintain the tempo, speed, or duration of: time a manufacturing process.
thyme (tīm)
Noun
- Any of several aromatic Eurasian herbs or low shrubs of the genus Thymus, especially T. vulgaris, of southern Europe, having small, white to lilac flowers grouped in headlike clusters.
- The leaves of this plant used as a seasoning.
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