Definition of thyme in English:

thyme

noun tʌɪmtaɪm

mass noun

A low-growing aromatic plant of the mint family. The small leaves are used as a culinary herb and the plant yields a medicinal oil.
Genus Thymus, family Labiatae: many species, in particular common (or garden) thyme (T. vulgaris)
Example sentencesExamples
- Add all the spices, parsley, thyme, bay leaf, shallots, garlic, vanilla pod and lemon slices.
- Rosemary, thyme and dill are also good decorative herbs to plant with cabbages.
- I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding cowslip grow.
- Home grown herbs would have included coriander, dill, thyme, opium poppy and summer savoury.
- I also ignored the dried thyme that was provided in my bundle and used fresh thyme and rosemary because I had it on hand.
- I prepared chicken stock with bouillon cubes, adding sprigs of thyme and bay leaves.
- Basil, marjoram and thyme grow well in small containers; bay, lavender and rosemary need larger ones.
- Grey mullet is popular in Mediterranean dishes and goes well with rosemary, thyme, garlic and fennel.
- Other powerful herbs include dill, garden thyme, rosemary and peppermint.
- Dishes are mostly enhanced with lemons and fresh or dried mountain herbs such as thyme and oregano.
- A rare delight is a pig's kidney the size of a fist baked slowly with thyme, tarragon, cream and snippets of bacon.
- I usually have a pot of parsley on the kitchen windowsill, as well as some tarragon and thyme.
- In front of the beech hedge, a patch of un-cultivated land overflowed with flowering thyme, rosemary and gorse.
- When shopping for thyme plants you will use for cooking, pinch off a piece of leaf to taste before you buy.
- Over a medium heat, in a large pan, soften the onion, bay leaves and thyme in the butter for one minute.
- Toss on a mass of fresh herbs, such as thyme or basil, or rub it with garlic and olive oil.
- Squeeze out the excess liquid with your hands and add the beaten egg, salt, flour, parsley and thyme leaves, mixing well.
- It was often burned with juniper and thyme as a means of cleansing a room of witches and bad spirits.
- For the ham, boil in water with thyme, garlic, bay leaves, onions and leeks for two hours then break into largish pieces.
- In a blender, blitz together the balsamic vinegar, thyme leaves and garlic.

Derivatives

thymy

adjective ˈtʌɪmiˈtaɪmi

Peppered Parmesan ‘French fries’ were all peppery at the front of the tongue and thymy at the back.
Example sentencesExamples
- There was the good pasture for the horses and thymy hill-grass for the sheep.
- The air is sweetened by the thymy odours of mountain and moor.
- He remembers the windblown thymy moors of the west of Scotland.
- Above hung the thymy hill where dry grasses and bracken murmured or screamed in the wind.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French thym, via Latin from Greek thumon, from thuein 'burn, sacrifice'.

Rhymes

begrime, Chaim, chime, climb, clime, crime, dime, grime, half-time, I'm, lime, mime, mistime, part-time, prime, rhyme, rime, slime, sublime, sub-prime, time

Definition of thyme in US English:

thyme

nountaɪmtīm

A low-growing aromatic plant of the mint family. The small leaves are used as a culinary herb and the plant yields a medicinal oil.
Genus Thymus, family Labiatae: many species, in particular common (or garden) thyme (T. vulgaris)
Example sentencesExamples
- Toss on a mass of fresh herbs, such as thyme or basil, or rub it with garlic and olive oil.
- For the ham, boil in water with thyme, garlic, bay leaves, onions and leeks for two hours then break into largish pieces.
- In a blender, blitz together the balsamic vinegar, thyme leaves and garlic.
- Other powerful herbs include dill, garden thyme, rosemary and peppermint.
- When shopping for thyme plants you will use for cooking, pinch off a piece of leaf to taste before you buy.
- Grey mullet is popular in Mediterranean dishes and goes well with rosemary, thyme, garlic and fennel.
- Dishes are mostly enhanced with lemons and fresh or dried mountain herbs such as thyme and oregano.
- Basil, marjoram and thyme grow well in small containers; bay, lavender and rosemary need larger ones.
- A rare delight is a pig's kidney the size of a fist baked slowly with thyme, tarragon, cream and snippets of bacon.
- Home grown herbs would have included coriander, dill, thyme, opium poppy and summer savoury.
- Add all the spices, parsley, thyme, bay leaf, shallots, garlic, vanilla pod and lemon slices.
- I also ignored the dried thyme that was provided in my bundle and used fresh thyme and rosemary because I had it on hand.
- I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding cowslip grow.
- Rosemary, thyme and dill are also good decorative herbs to plant with cabbages.
- I prepared chicken stock with bouillon cubes, adding sprigs of thyme and bay leaves.
- Squeeze out the excess liquid with your hands and add the beaten egg, salt, flour, parsley and thyme leaves, mixing well.
- I usually have a pot of parsley on the kitchen windowsill, as well as some tarragon and thyme.
- In front of the beech hedge, a patch of un-cultivated land overflowed with flowering thyme, rosemary and gorse.
- Over a medium heat, in a large pan, soften the onion, bay leaves and thyme in the butter for one minute.
- It was often burned with juniper and thyme as a means of cleansing a room of witches and bad spirits.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French thym, via Latin from Greek thumon, from thuein ‘burn, sacrifice’.

单词	thyme
释义	Definition of thyme in English: thyme noun tʌɪmtaɪm mass noun A low-growing aromatic plant of the mint family. The small leaves are used as a culinary herb and the plant yields a medicinal oil. Genus Thymus, family Labiatae: many species, in particular common (or garden) thyme (T. vulgaris) Example sentencesExamples Add all the spices, parsley, thyme, bay leaf, shallots, garlic, vanilla pod and lemon slices. Rosemary, thyme and dill are also good decorative herbs to plant with cabbages. I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding cowslip grow. Home grown herbs would have included coriander, dill, thyme, opium poppy and summer savoury. I also ignored the dried thyme that was provided in my bundle and used fresh thyme and rosemary because I had it on hand. I prepared chicken stock with bouillon cubes, adding sprigs of thyme and bay leaves. Basil, marjoram and thyme grow well in small containers; bay, lavender and rosemary need larger ones. Grey mullet is popular in Mediterranean dishes and goes well with rosemary, thyme, garlic and fennel. Other powerful herbs include dill, garden thyme, rosemary and peppermint. Dishes are mostly enhanced with lemons and fresh or dried mountain herbs such as thyme and oregano. A rare delight is a pig's kidney the size of a fist baked slowly with thyme, tarragon, cream and snippets of bacon. I usually have a pot of parsley on the kitchen windowsill, as well as some tarragon and thyme. In front of the beech hedge, a patch of un-cultivated land overflowed with flowering thyme, rosemary and gorse. When shopping for thyme plants you will use for cooking, pinch off a piece of leaf to taste before you buy. Over a medium heat, in a large pan, soften the onion, bay leaves and thyme in the butter for one minute. Toss on a mass of fresh herbs, such as thyme or basil, or rub it with garlic and olive oil. Squeeze out the excess liquid with your hands and add the beaten egg, salt, flour, parsley and thyme leaves, mixing well. It was often burned with juniper and thyme as a means of cleansing a room of witches and bad spirits. For the ham, boil in water with thyme, garlic, bay leaves, onions and leeks for two hours then break into largish pieces. In a blender, blitz together the balsamic vinegar, thyme leaves and garlic. Derivatives thymy adjective ˈtʌɪmiˈtaɪmi Peppered Parmesan ‘French fries’ were all peppery at the front of the tongue and thymy at the back. Example sentencesExamples There was the good pasture for the horses and thymy hill-grass for the sheep. The air is sweetened by the thymy odours of mountain and moor. He remembers the windblown thymy moors of the west of Scotland. Above hung the thymy hill where dry grasses and bracken murmured or screamed in the wind. Origin Middle English: from Old French thym, via Latin from Greek thumon, from thuein 'burn, sacrifice'. Rhymes begrime, Chaim, chime, climb, clime, crime, dime, grime, half-time, I'm, lime, mime, mistime, part-time, prime, rhyme, rime, slime, sublime, sub-prime, time Definition of thyme in US English: thyme nountaɪmtīm A low-growing aromatic plant of the mint family. The small leaves are used as a culinary herb and the plant yields a medicinal oil. Genus Thymus, family Labiatae: many species, in particular common (or garden) thyme (T. vulgaris) Example sentencesExamples Toss on a mass of fresh herbs, such as thyme or basil, or rub it with garlic and olive oil. For the ham, boil in water with thyme, garlic, bay leaves, onions and leeks for two hours then break into largish pieces. In a blender, blitz together the balsamic vinegar, thyme leaves and garlic. Other powerful herbs include dill, garden thyme, rosemary and peppermint. When shopping for thyme plants you will use for cooking, pinch off a piece of leaf to taste before you buy. Grey mullet is popular in Mediterranean dishes and goes well with rosemary, thyme, garlic and fennel. Dishes are mostly enhanced with lemons and fresh or dried mountain herbs such as thyme and oregano. Basil, marjoram and thyme grow well in small containers; bay, lavender and rosemary need larger ones. A rare delight is a pig's kidney the size of a fist baked slowly with thyme, tarragon, cream and snippets of bacon. Home grown herbs would have included coriander, dill, thyme, opium poppy and summer savoury. Add all the spices, parsley, thyme, bay leaf, shallots, garlic, vanilla pod and lemon slices. I also ignored the dried thyme that was provided in my bundle and used fresh thyme and rosemary because I had it on hand. I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding cowslip grow. Rosemary, thyme and dill are also good decorative herbs to plant with cabbages. I prepared chicken stock with bouillon cubes, adding sprigs of thyme and bay leaves. Squeeze out the excess liquid with your hands and add the beaten egg, salt, flour, parsley and thyme leaves, mixing well. I usually have a pot of parsley on the kitchen windowsill, as well as some tarragon and thyme. In front of the beech hedge, a patch of un-cultivated land overflowed with flowering thyme, rosemary and gorse. Over a medium heat, in a large pan, soften the onion, bay leaves and thyme in the butter for one minute. It was often burned with juniper and thyme as a means of cleansing a room of witches and bad spirits. Origin Middle English: from Old French thym, via Latin from Greek thumon, from thuein ‘burn, sacrifice’.
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