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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. 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

lickspit lickspits lickspittle lickspittles licodione 2'-O-methyltransferase licorice licorice licorices licorice fern licorice root

licorice stick lictor lictorian lictors lid (current term) lid (current term) lid-closure reaction lidar lidars lidase

lidded Liddell Liddell-Sherrington reflex lidding lidger lidgers lidless lido lidocaine lidocaine

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