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lid
[ lid ]
noun
- a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- an eyelid.
- a restraint, ceiling, or curb, as on prices or news.
- Slang. a hat, cap, or other head covering.
- (in mosses)
- the cover of the capsule; operculum.
- the upper section of a pyxidium.
- Slang. one ounce of marijuana.
verb (used with object)
- to supply or cover with a lid.
lid
/ ±ôɪ»å /
noun
- a cover, usually removable or hinged, for a receptacle
a desk lid
a saucepan lid
- short for eyelid
- botany another name for operculum
- slang.short for skidlid
- old-fashioned.a quantity of marijuana, usually an ounce
- dip one's lid informal.to raise one's hat as a greeting, etc
- flip one's lid slang.to become crazy or angry
- put the lid on informal.
- to be the final blow to
- to curb, prevent, or discourage
- take the lid off informal.to make startling or spectacular revelations about
Derived Forms
- ˈ±ô¾±»å»å±ð»å, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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- ³Ü²Ô·±ô¾±»å·»å±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of lid1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of lid1
Idioms and Phrases
- blow the lid off, Informal. to expose to public view, especially to reveal something scandalous, illegal, etc.
- 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 .Example Sentences
Inside the grounds, a heavy steel lid and a steel gate leading the crypt are also locked.
Tears forced their way through closed lids, streaming hot down my cheeks.
"But I've never done an arena with a lid on it like this one before."
Existing homeowners are also increasingly choosing to sell, which also should keep a lid on prices.
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".
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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.
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