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lid  (ld)

n.

1. A removable or hinged cover for a hollow receptacle or box.

2. An eyelid.

3. Biology A flaplike covering, such as an operculum.

4. A curb, restraint, or limit: approved a new lid on corporate spending.

5. Informal An act of concealment; a cover: told us to keep a lid on the report until the campaign was over.

6. Slang A hat.

7. Slang An ounce of marijuana.

tr.v. lid·ded, lid·ding, lids

To cover with or as if with a lid.

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[Middle English, from Old English hlid; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]

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lid

Noun

1. a removable or hinged cover: a saucepan lid

2. short for eyelid

3. put the (tin) lid on Informal to put an end to [Old English hlid]

lidded adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lid - either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer" eyelid, palpebra eye, oculus, optic - the organ of sight protective fold - a flap of tissue that protects what it covers eyelash, lash, cilium - any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids conjunctiva - a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid
	2.	lid - 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" box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts" chest - box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy jar - a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles lock - a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed cover, top - covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container); "he removed the top of the carton"; "he couldn't get the top off of the bottle"; "put the cover back on the kettle" trunk lid - hinged lid for a trunk
	3.	lid - headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim chapeau, hat busby, shako, bearskin - tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions boater, leghorn, Panama hat, straw hat, Panama, sailor, skimmer - a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown bonnet, poke bonnet - a hat tied under the chin bowler hat, derby, derby hat, plug hat, bowler - a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim brim - a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat campaign hat - a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown; formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnel cavalier hat, slouch hat - a soft felt hat with a wide flexible brim cocked hat - hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form points cowboy hat, ten-gallon hat - a hat with a wide brim and a soft crown; worn by American ranch hands crown - the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head deerstalker - a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters dress hat, opera hat, silk hat, top hat, stovepipe, high hat, beaver, topper - a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur dunce cap, dunce's cap, fool's cap - a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils fedora, felt hat, homburg, Stetson, trilby - a hat made of felt with a creased crown fur hat - a hat made of fur hatband - a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim headdress, headgear - clothing for the head woman's hat, millinery - hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner shovel hat - a stiff broad-brimmed hat with the brim turned up at the sides and projecting in front; worn by some clergymen in Britain snap-brim hat - a hat with a snap brim sombrero - a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico sou'wester - waterproof hat with wide slanting brim longer in back than in front sun hat, sunhat - a hat with a broad brim that protects the face from direct exposure to the sun titfer - a hat (Cockney rhyming slang: `tit for tat' rhymes with `hat') toque - a tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs tirolean, tyrolean - soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade

Translations

lid [lɪd] n [of box, case] → tapa; [of pan] → cobertera;

to take the lid off sth (fig) → exponer algo a la luz pública

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lid [lɪd] n → couvercle m (= eyelid); paupière f;

to take the lid off sth (fig) → exposer or étaler qch au grand jour

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lid [lɪd] n → Deckel m (= eyelid); Lid nt;

to take the lid off sth (fig) → etw enthüllen or aufdecken

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lid [lɪd] n → coperchio;

to take the lid off sth (fig) → smascherare qc

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lid

n lid [lid]

1 a cover for a pot, box etc He lifted the lid of the box and looked inside. deksel غِطاء капак víko låg der Deckel καπάκι tapa kaas سرپوش kansi couvercle מִכסֶה ढक्कन poklopac fedő tutup lok coperchio ふた 뚜껑 dangtis, viršus vāks tutup deksel lokk, deksel wie(cz)ko, pokrywka tampa ca­pac крышка vrchnák; pokrievka pokrov poklopac lock ฝา kapak 蓋子 кришка ڈھکنا nắp; vung 盖子

2 an eyelid The infection has not affected the eye itself although the lid is swollen. ooglid جَفْن العَيْن клепач oční víčko øjelåg das Lid βλέφαρο párpado silmalaug پلک چشم silmäluomi paupière עַפעַף पलक, निमि kapak, vjeđa szemhéj kelopak mata augnlok palpebra まぶた 눈까풀 (akies) vokas plaksts kelopak mata ooglid øyenlokk powieka pálpebra pleoapă веко očné viečko očesna veka kapak ögonlock เปลือกตา göz kapağı 眼瞼 повіка پپوٹا mí mắt 眼睑