lid

[Lid]

A lid is a top, or a cap some kind of removable or hinged cover for a container. If you forget to put the lid on your tin of cat food, you may discover that your cat and dog have eaten it all by the end of the day.

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That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc. ; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.

Noun
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

Noun
a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening of a container

Noun
either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer"


n.
That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.

n.
The cover of the eye; an eyelid.

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.


Lid

Lid , n. [AS. hlid, fr. hl'c6dan (in comp.) to cover, shut; akin to OS. hl'c6dan (in comp.), D. lid, OHG. hlit, G. augenlid eyelid, Icel. hli gate, gateway. .] 1. That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc. ; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk. 2. The cover of the eye; an eyelid. Shak.
Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier's lid.
3. (Bot.) (a) The cover of the spore cases of mosses. (b) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti. (c) The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts.

That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc. ; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.

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Usage Examples

I didn't like England. I couldn't take the look of the place or the style of friendship. I need more intimacy from people than is considered okay there, and I felt that my personality and my enthusiasms weren't understood. I had to put a big lid on myself.

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