lid
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lid
- /lɪd/
- /lɛd/ dialectal, obsolete
Rhymes with -ɪd
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English lid, lyd, from Old English hlid, from Proto-West Germanic *hlid, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (compare Dutch lid, German Lid (“eyelid”), Swedish lid (“gate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitós (“covered”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to cover”).
noun lids
- The top or cover of a container.
- A cap or hat. “Yes, sir, if that was the language of love, I'll eat my hat,” said the blood relation, alluding, I took it, to the beastly straw contraption in which she does her gardening, concerning which I can only say that it is almost as foul as Uncle Tom's Sherlock Holmes deerstalker, which has frightened mo
- One ounce of cannabis.
- A bodyboard or bodyboarder. Mal rider, shortboard or lid everyone surfs like a kook sometimes.
- An operculum or other lid-like cover.
- A motorcyclist's crash helmet.
- In amateur radio, an incompetent operator.
- Clipping of eyelid But he suddenly started up, and, closing his eyes, placed his fingers upon the lids, as though he sought to imprison within his brain some curious dream from which he feared he might awake.
- A hermetically sealed top piece on a microchip such as the integrated heat spreader on a CPU.
- A restraint or control, as when "putting a lid" on something. Basically he says that there is a lid on my organization and on my future, and that lid is me. I am the problem with my company and you are the problem with your company.
- A kid (from the rhyming slang bin lid).
- The sky.
- One's mind.
verb lids · lidding · lidded
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To put a lid on (something).
Opposite: unlid
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: chapeau, hat, eyelid, cover, topper, covers, box, veil, bezel, suitcase, door, cap, hood, bonnet, roof, grease
Translations
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noun top or cover
| Español | tapa, tapadera, tapador |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 뚜껑 ttukkeong, 덮개 deopgae |
| 日本語 | 蓋 futa |
| 中文 | 蓋子 /盖子 gàizi, 蓋 /盖 gài |
| हिन्दी | ढक्कन ḍhakkan |
| Kiswahili | kifuniko |
| Português | tampa |
| Français | couvercle |
| Deutsch | Deckel |
| Italiano | coperchio, tappo |
| Ελληνικά | καπάκι kapáki |
| Română | capac |
| Русский | кры́шка krýška |
| Tiếng Việt | nắp, vung |
| العربية | غِطَاء ḡiṭāʔ |
| עברית | מִכְסֶה mikhsé |
Talk about this word "lid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lid. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lid. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lid "lid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lid.Cite this
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title = {lid},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lid},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
