lid

[ lid ]

/ lɪd /

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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.

Nearby words

licking river, lickspittle, licorice, licorice stick, lictor, lid, lidar, liddel hart, liddell hart, lidia, lidice

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 forms

sub·lid, nounun·der·lid, nounun·lid·ded, adjective

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Examples from the Web for lid

“Hard hat…heavy jacket…welding gloves…fish landing net…a sheet…a big Tupperware bin with a lid,” he says.
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Trying to keep a lid on yet more rumors about your sexuality.
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Crumbs avoided advertising and contracted production out, thus keeping a lid on costs.
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He is dead, and I have taken his soul in my hands; but I know why you open the lid of that golden box.
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He opened the lid, searched among some tools which lay in the receptacle beneath, and took out a chisel.
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As he raised the lid of his old-fashioned desk the letter fell to the floor.
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She looked at him with a sardonic smile, plucking a pink wad from the lid of a box of sweetmeats beside her.
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The cause is the failure of the mayor and Sweeney to keep the lid down in Los Angeles.
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British Dictionary definitions for lid

lid

/ (lɪd) /

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

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

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

Derived Forms

lidded, adjective

Word Origin for lid

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

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Idioms and Phrases with lid

lid

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