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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lid has 3 senses
- lid(n = noun.body) eyelid, palpebra - either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer" is a part of eye, oculus, optic
- lid(n = noun.artifact) Array - 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" is a part of box, chest, jar
- lid(n = noun.artifact) chapeau, hat - headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim; Array has particulars: bearskin, busby, shako, boater, leghorn, panama, panama hat, sailor, skimmer, straw hat, bonnet, poke bonnet, bowler, bowler hat, derby, derby hat, plug hat, campaign hat, cavalier hat, slouch hat, cocked hat, cowboy hat, ten-gallon hat, deerstalker, beaver, dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper, dunce's cap, dunce cap, fool's cap, fedora, felt hat, homburg, stetson, trilby, fur hat, millinery, woman's hat, shovel hat, snap-brim hat, sombrero, sou'wester, sun hat, sunhat, titfer, toque, tirolean, tyrolean
is a kind of protective fold
has parts: cilium, eyelash, lash, conjunctiva
has parts: lock
is a kind of cover, top
has particulars: trunk lid
has parts: brim, crown, hatband
is a kind of headdress, headgear
CIDE DICTIONARY
lid, n. [AS. hlid, fr. hlīdan (in comp.) to cover, shut; akin to OS. hlīdan (in comp.), D. lid lid, OHG. hlit, G. augenlid eyelid, Icel. hli gate, gateway.
- That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk. [1913 Webster]
- The cover of the eye; an eyelid. Shak. [1913 Webster]"Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier's lid." [1913 Webster]
- The cover of the spore cases of mosses. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lid, n.
1 a hinged or removable cover, esp. for the top of a container.
2 = EYELID.
3 the operculum of a shell or a plant.
4 sl. a hat.
1 a hinged or removable cover, esp. for the top of a container.
2 = EYELID.
3 the operculum of a shell or a plant.
4 sl. a hat.
Idiom
put the lid (or tin lid) on Brit. colloq.
1 be the culmination of.
2 put a stop to. take the lid off colloq. expose (a scandal etc.).
1 be the culmination of.
2 put a stop to. take the lid off colloq. expose (a scandal etc.).
Derivative
lidded adj. (also in comb.). lidless adj.
Etymology
OE hlid f. Gmc
THESAURUS
lid
baby blues, banjo eyes, bright eyes, bung, cap, chapeau, check valve, clear eyes, cock, cork, cornea, cover, coverchief, eye, eyeball, eyelid, faucet, goggle eyes, handkerchief, hat, headcloth, headdress, headgear, headpiece, headtire, headwear, iris, kerchief, lens, millinery, naked eye, nictitating membrane, oculus, operculum, optic, optic nerve, orb, organ of vision, peeper, peg, pin, plug, popeyes, pupil, retina, saucer eyes, sclera, sea cock, spigot, spike, spile, spill, starry orbs, stop, stopgap, stopper, stopple, tap, top, unaided eye, valve, visual organROGET THESAURUS
lid
Covering
N covering, cover, baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin, canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade, veil (shade), shield, roof, ceiling, thatch, tile, pantile, pentile, tiling, slates, slating, leads, barrack, plafond, planchment, tiling, shed, top, lid, covercle, door, operculum, bulkhead, bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall, coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget, housing, antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip, linoleum, saddle cloth, blanket cloth, tidy, tilpah, apishamore, integument, tegument, skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide, pelt, peltry, cordwain, derm, robe, buffalo robe, cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis, clothing, mask, peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat, eggshell, glume, capsule, sheath, sheathing, pod, cod, casing, case, theca, elytron, elytrum, involucrum, wrapping, wrapper, envelope, vesicle, corn husk, corn shuck, dermatology, conchology, testaceology, inunction, incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction, scale, veneer, facing, overlay, plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, engobe, ormolu, Sheffield plate, pavement, coating, paint, varnish, plating, barrel plating, anointing, enamel, epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition, ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo, cerement, ointment, covering, superimposed, overlaid, plated, cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous, covered, imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad, under cover, cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform, vaginate.
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