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Definition of Lid

1. Noun. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye. "His lids would stay open no longer"

2. Noun. A movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.. "He raised the piano lid"

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

Definition of Lid

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

Definition of Lid

1. Noun. top or cover of a container ¹

2. Noun. (slang) a cap or hat ¹

3. Noun. (slang) one ounce of cannabis ¹

4. Noun. (''surfing slang, mainly Australia'') bodyboard or bodyboarder ¹

5. Noun. (slang) a motorcyclist's crash helmet ¹

6. Noun. (slang) in amateur radio, an incompetent operator ¹

7. Verb. to put a lid on something ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lid

1. to provide with a lid (a movable cover) [v LIDDED, LIDDING, LIDS]

Medical Definition of Lid

1. 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. "Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier's lid." (Byron) 3. The cover of the spore cases of mosses. A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti. The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts. Origin: AS. Hlid, fr. Hlidan (in comp) to cover, shut; akin to OS. Hlidan (in comp), D. Lid, OHG. Hlit, G. Augenlid eyelid, Icel. Hli gate, gateway. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lid

licorice fern licorice root licorice stick licorices licorine licorous licour licours lictor lictorial

lictorian lictors lictour licuala licualas lid (current term) lid-closure reaction lid-lifter lid-lifters lid crutch spectacles

lid reflex lidar lidars lidase lidded liddicoatite lidding lidge lidger lidgers

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