lid
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
an eyelid.
a restraint, ceiling, or curb, as on prices or news.
Slang. a hat, cap, or other head covering.
(in mosses)
the cover of the capsule; operculum.
the upper section of a pyxidium.
Slang. one ounce of marijuana.
to supply or cover with a lid.
Idioms about lid
blow / flip one's lid, Slang. to lose control, especially to rage hysterically: He nearly flipped his lid over the way they damaged his car.: Also flip one's wig.
blow the lid off, Informal. to expose to public view, especially to reveal something scandalous, illegal, etc.
Origin of lid
1Other words from lid
- sublid, noun
- un·der·lid, noun
- un·lid·ded, adjective
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How to use lid in a sentence
“Hard hat…heavy jacket…welding gloves…fish landing net…a sheet…a big Tupperware bin with a lid,” he says.
A Saudi Arabian television ad for Viagra shows a man struggling to push a straw through the lid of his beverage.
Trying to keep a lid on yet more rumors about your sexuality.
“I want to use information to put a lid on that local corruption before it gets too extreme,” Simon told The Daily Beast.
Crumbs avoided advertising and contracted production out, thus keeping a lid on costs.
Taking off the lid she emptied its contents in a heap—silver and copper with one or two gold pieces intermixed—on the table.
The Garret and the Garden | R.M. BallantyneShe glanced uneasily at Gwynne and fancied she could hear him slam the lid of his breeding upon a supercilious sputter.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonGwynne pressed the little gilt nob, and as the lid flew up Isabel cried out, with delight.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThats music for you, chuckled the old man, raising the lid to see if the water had boiled sufficiently.
The Fifth String | John Philip SousaMarie lifted the lid from the stove, and a warm red glow of reflected light filled the little kitchen.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts Rinehart
British Dictionary definitions for lid
/ (lɪd) /
a cover, usually removable or hinged, for a receptacle: a saucepan lid; a desk lid
short for eyelid
botany another name for operculum (def. 2)
slang short for skidlid
US old-fashioned, slang a quantity of marijuana, usually an ounce
dip one's lid Australian informal to raise one's hat as a greeting, etc
flip one's lid slang to become crazy or angry
put the lid on informal
British to be the final blow to
to curb, prevent, or discourage
take the lid off informal to make startling or spectacular revelations about
Origin of lid
1Derived forms of lid
- lidded, adjective
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Other Idioms and Phrases with lid
see blow the lid off; flip one's lid; put the lid on.
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