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lid
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As a noun, lid means the top or cover of a container. As a verb, it means put a lid on (something).
Meanings of lid
13 meaningsnoun
The top or cover of a container.
slangA cap or hat.
slangOne ounce of cannabis.
surfingslangchiefly australiaA bodyboard or bodyboarder.
slangA motorcyclist's crash helmet.
slangIn amateur radio, an incompetent operator.
microelectronicsA hermetically sealed top piece on a microchip such as the integrated heat spreader on a CPU.
figurativeA restraint or control, as when "putting a lid" on something.
scouseA kid (from the rhyming slang bin lid)
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”
Clipping of eyelid.
verb
To put a lid on (something).
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).