lid

[lid]

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noun

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.

verb (used with object), lid·ded, lid·ding.

to supply or cover with a lid.

Idioms

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

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hlid; cognate with Dutch, German lid, Old Norse hlith gate, gateway

Related formssub·lid, nounun·der·lid, nounun·lid·ded, adjective

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Related Words for lid

cap, roof, top, cover, hood

Examples from the Web for lid

Contemporary Examples of lid

“Hard hat…heavy jacket…welding gloves…fish landing net…a sheet…a big Tupperware bin with a lid,” he says.
He Faces Jail for Rescuing Baby Eagles
Michael Daly
November 2, 2014
A Saudi Arabian television ad for Viagra shows a man struggling to push a straw through the lid of his beverage.
Laughter Will Be the Legacy of Viagra
Samantha Allen
October 2, 2014
Trying to keep a lid on yet more rumors about your sexuality.
Dear John, It Gets Better: A Letter to Travolta
Tim Teeman
July 24, 2014
“I want to use information to put a lid on that local corruption before it gets too extreme,” Simon told The Daily Beast.
Who’s Watching Your Statehouse? No One.
Eleanor Clift
July 19, 2014
Crumbs avoided advertising and contracted production out, thus keeping a lid on costs.
The Cupcake Boom’s Sugar High Finally Crashes
Daniel Gross
July 8, 2014

Historical Examples of lid

He crumpled the poster and inserted it beneath the lid of his iron stove.
Way of the Lawless
Max Brand
Then put the cover, or lid, on as in Fig. 13, but do not tighten it.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
In the middle of the room was that box you saw, with the lid open.
The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions
J. Smeaton Chase
When the lid was in position, hot coals were put on he top of it.
In the Midst of Alarms
Robert Barr
So, with one consent, the two children again lifted the lid.
The Paradise of Children
Nathaniel Hawthorne

British Dictionary definitions for lid

lid

noun

a cover, usually removable or hinged, for a receptaclea 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

Britishto be the final blow to
to curb, prevent, or discourage

take the lid off informal to make startling or spectacular revelations about

Derived Formslidded, adjective

Word Origin for lid

Old English hlid; related to Old Friesian hlid, Old High German hlit cover

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Word Origin and History for lid

mid-13c., from Old English hlid "lid, cover, opening, gate," from Proto-Germanic *khlithan (cf. Old Norse hlið "gate, gap," Swedish lid "gate," Old French hlid, Middle Dutch lit, Dutch lid, Old High German hlit "lid, cover"), from PIE root *klei- "to lean" (see lean (v.)), with here perhaps the sense of "that which bends over." Meaning "eyelid" is from early 13c. Slang sense of "hat, cap" is attested from 1896. Slang phrase put a lid on "clamp down on, silence, end" is from 1906.

Idioms and Phrases with lid

lid

see blow the lid off; flip one's lid; put the lid on.