Lid - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|lɪd|
Brit.
|lɪd|
noun
- either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye (syn: eyelid)
his lids would stay open no longer
- 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
- headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim (syn: hat)Extra examples
...I had to get a screwdriver to pry the lid off of the paint can....
...as he left the field, the pitcher tipped his lid to the cheering crowd...
The soldiers' presence seemed to keep a lid on the violence.
They lidded that box again.
He carefully lifted the lid of the box.
Word forms
noun
singular: lid
plural: lids
singular: lid
plural: lids
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