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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 meanings

noun

  1. The top or cover of a container.

  2. slangA cap or hat.

  3. slangOne ounce of cannabis.

  4. surfingslangchiefly australiaA bodyboard or bodyboarder.

  5. slangA motorcyclist's crash helmet.

  6. slangIn amateur radio, an incompetent operator.

  7. microelectronicsA hermetically sealed top piece on a microchip such as the integrated heat spreader on a CPU.

  8. figurativeA restraint or control, as when "putting a lid" on something.

  9. scouseA kid (from the rhyming slang bin lid)

  10. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eyebody

    “his lids would stay open no longer”

    Similar: eyelid, palpebra
  11. 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”

  12. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

    Similar: hat, chapeau

Clipping of eyelid.

verb

  1. To put a lid on (something).

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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