lid

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