˜yÐÄvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

lid

[ lid ]

noun

  1. a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
  2. an eyelid.
  3. a restraint, ceiling, or curb, as on prices or news.
  4. Slang. a hat, cap, or other head covering.
  5. (in mosses)
    1. the cover of the capsule; operculum.
    2. the upper section of a pyxidium.
  6. Slang. one ounce of marijuana.


verb (used with object)

lidded, lidding.
  1. to supply or cover with a lid.

lid

/ ±ôɪ»å /

noun

  1. a cover, usually removable or hinged, for a receptacle

    a desk lid

    a saucepan lid

  2. short for eyelid
  3. botany another name for operculum
  4. slang.
    short for skidlid
  5. old-fashioned.
    a quantity of marijuana, usually an ounce
  6. dip one's lid informal.
    to raise one's hat as a greeting, etc
  7. flip one's lid slang.
    to become crazy or angry
  8. put the lid on informal.
    1. to be the final blow to
    2. to curb, prevent, or discourage
  9. take the lid off informal.
    to make startling or spectacular revelations about
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Derived Forms

  • ˈ±ô¾±»å»å±ð»å, adjective
Discover More

Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³Ü²ú·±ô¾±»å noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·»å±ð°ù·±ô¾±»å noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·±ô¾±»å·»å±ð»å adjective
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lid1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hlid; cognate with Dutch, German lid, Old Norse hlith gate, gateway
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lid1

Old English hlid; related to Old Friesian hlid, Old High German hlit cover
Discover More

Idioms and Phrases

  1. blow the lid off, Informal. to expose to public view, especially to reveal something scandalous, illegal, etc.
  2. blow / flip one's lid, Slang. to lose control, especially to rage hysterically: Also flip one's wig.

    He nearly flipped his lid over the way they damaged his car.

More idioms and phrases containing lid

see blow the lid off ; flip one's lid ; put the lid on .
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Inside the grounds, a heavy steel lid and a steel gate leading the crypt are also locked.

From

Tears forced their way through closed lids, streaming hot down my cheeks.

From

"But I've never done an arena with a lid on it like this one before."

From

Existing homeowners are also increasingly choosing to sell, which also should keep a lid on prices.

From

His unit works with police forces across the country to improve training and coordinate responses, which he said is finally "lifting the lid on the criminal underbelly of hare coursing".

From

Advertisement

Related ˜yÐÄvlogs

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement