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.