Lid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A removable or hinged cover for a hollow receptacle or box.
  • n. An eyelid.
  • n. Biology A flaplike covering, such as an operculum.
  • n. A curb, restraint, or limit: approved a new lid on corporate spending.
  • n. Informal An act of concealment; a cover: told us to keep a lid on the report until the campaign was over.
  • n. Slang A hat.
  • n. Slang An ounce of marijuana.
  • v. To cover with or as if with a lid.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The top or cover of a container.
  • n. A cap or hat.
  • n. One ounce of cannabis.
  • n. A bodyboard or bodyboarder.
  • n. A motorcyclist's crash helmet.
  • n. In amateur radio, an incompetent operator.
  • n. Eyelid.
  • v. To put a lid on something.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover.
  • n. The cover of the eye; an eyelid.
  • n.
  • n. The cover of the spore cases of mosses.
  • n. A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti.
  • n. The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A movable cover which closes an aperture or shuts in a cavity, and usually forms an integral part of the structure to which it belongs by being either attached or closely fitted to it: as, the lid of a tea-kettle, stove, chest, or desk.
  • n. In botany, the upper section of a pyxis, which separates by a transverse line; also, the hood of the leaf in the pitcher-plants; in mosses, the operculum.
  • n. An eyelid.
  • n. In coal-mining, a short piece of timber placed on top of a prop to help in supporting the roof.
  • n. A coverlet. —
  • n. One of the covers or boards of a book: as, everything between the lids of the Bible.
  • To put a lid on (something); put a cover on; hide.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
  • n. either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
  • n. a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.
  • Verb Form
    lidded    lidding    lids   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    eyelid    covert   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cid    Kid    Kidd    Kyd    Madrid    Sid    Syd    amid    bid    counterbid   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    eyelid    cover    rim    plate    panel    tray    lock    cylinder    slab    frame