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lid

(lĭd)

1. A removable or hinged cover for a hollow receptacle or box.

2. An eyelid.

3. Biology A flaplike covering, such as an operculum.

4. A curb, restraint, or limit: approved a new lid on corporate spending.

5. Informal An act of concealment; a cover: told us to keep a lid on the report until the campaign was over.

6. Slang A hat.

7. Slang An ounce of marijuana.

[Middle English, from Old English hlid; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]

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lid

(lɪd)

1. a cover, usually removable or hinged, for a receptacle: a saucepan lid; a desk lid.

2. (Anatomy) short for eyelid

3. (Botany) botany another name for operculum²

4. slang short for skidlid

5. old-fashioned slang US a quantity of marijuana, usually an ounce

6. dip one's lid informal Austral to raise one's hat as a greeting, etc

7. flip one's lid slang to become crazy or angry

8. put the lid on informal

a. Brit to be the final blow to

b. to curb, prevent, or discourage

9. take the lid off informal to make startling or spectacular revelations about

[Old English hlid; related to Old Friesian hlid, Old High German hlit cover]

ˈlidded adj

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lid

(lɪd)

n., v. lid•ded, lid•ding. n.

1. a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usu. at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.

2. an eyelid.

3. a restraint, ceiling, or curb, as on prices or news.

4. Slang. a hat, cap, or other head covering.

5. (in mosses)

a. the cover of the capsule; operculum.

b. the upper section of a pyxidium.

6. Slang. one ounce of marijuana.

v.t.

7. to supply or cover with a lid.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English hlid, c. Old Frisian hlid, Old High German (h)lit lid, Old Norse hlith gate, gateway]

lid

- The top crust of a pie.

See also related terms for pie.

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Noun	1.	lid - either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer" eyelid, palpebra eye, oculus, optic - the organ of sight protective fold - a flap of tissue that protects what it covers eyelash, lash, cilium - any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids conjunctiva - a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid
	2.	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" box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts" chest - box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy jar - a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles lock - a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed cover, top - covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container); "he removed the top of the carton"; "he couldn't get the top off of the bottle"; "put the cover back on the kettle" trunk lid - hinged lid for a trunk
	3.	lid - headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim chapeau, hat busby, shako, bearskin - tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions boater, leghorn, Panama hat, straw hat, Panama, sailor, skimmer - a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown bonnet, poke bonnet - a hat tied under the chin bowler hat, derby, derby hat, plug hat, bowler - a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim brim - a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat campaign hat - a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown; formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnel cavalier hat, slouch hat - a soft felt hat with a wide flexible brim cocked hat - hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form points cowboy hat, ten-gallon hat - a hat with a wide brim and a soft crown; worn by American ranch hands crown - the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head deerstalker - a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters dress hat, opera hat, silk hat, top hat, stovepipe, high hat, beaver, topper - a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur dunce cap, dunce's cap, fool's cap - a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils fedora, felt hat, homburg, Stetson, trilby - a hat made of felt with a creased crown fur hat - a hat made of fur hatband - a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim headdress, headgear - clothing for the head woman's hat, millinery - hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner shovel hat - a stiff broad-brimmed hat with the brim turned up at the sides and projecting in front; worn by some clergymen in Britain snap-brim hat - a hat with a snap brim sombrero - a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico sou'wester - waterproof hat with wide slanting brim longer in back than in front sun hat, sunhat - a hat with a broad brim that protects the face from direct exposure to the sun titfer - a hat (Cockney rhyming slang: `tit for tat' rhymes with `hat') toque - a tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs tirolean, tyrolean - soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade

lid

noun top, covering, cover I lifted the lid to give it a quick stir.

put a lid on something stop, end, limit, control, restrict, put an end to The government is keen to put a lid on his scheme.

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Translations

جَفْن العَيْنغِطاءغِطَاءٌ

víkooční víčkopoklice

lågøjelåg

Deckel Lid

καπάκι

tapa párpado

kansi

couvercle couverture paupière

poklopac

augnloklok

coperchio palpebra calotta il colmo

蓋

뚜껑

vokas

plakstsvāks

očné viečkopokrievkavrchnák

pokrovveka

kapakpoklopacкапакпоклопац

lock

ฝาปิด

kapak göz kapağı

cái vung

盖子

lid

[lɪd] N

1. → tapa f (= hat) → gorro m
he's flipped his lid → ha perdido la chaveta
that puts the lid on it! → ¡esto es el colmo or el acabóse!
to take the lid off [+ scandal] → exponer a la luz pública

2. (= eyelid) → párpado m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lid

[ˈlɪd] n [pan, box] → couvercle m
to lift the lid on sth, to take the lid off sth (fig) → exposer qch au grand jour, étaler qch au grand jour
to keep the lid on sth [+ inflation, violence] → contenir qch, enrayer qch
to keep the lid on the violence → enrayer la violence
to keep a lid on one's emotions → faire taire ses émotions

(also eyelid) → paupière f

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lid

→ Deckel m; that puts the (tin) lid on it (inf) → das ist doch die Höhe, das schlägt dem Fass den Boden aus; a documentary that really takes the lid off Hollywood → ein Dokumentarfilm, der das wahre Gesicht Hollywoods zeigt; the press took the lid off the whole plan → die Presse hat den Plan enthüllt or aufgedeckt; to keep a lid on something → etw unter Kontrolle halten; on information → etw geheim halten; to put the lid on something (on scandal, affair) → etw vertuschen; to put the lid on somebody → jdn zum Schweigen bringen

(= eyelid) → Lid nt

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lid

[lɪd] n → coperchio
to take the lid off sth (fig) → smascherare qc
that puts the lid on it (fam) → ci mancava solo questo

lid

(lid) noun

1. a cover for a pot, box etc. He lifted the lid of the box and looked inside.

2. an eyelid. The infection has not affected the eye itself although the lid is swollen.

lid

→ غِطَاءٌ poklice låg Deckel καπάκι tapa kansi couvercle poklopac coperchio 蓋 뚜껑 deksel lokk pokrywka tampa крышка lock ฝาปิด kapak cái vung 盖子

lid

1. n. párpado del ojo;

2. tapa, tapadera.

lid

V. eyelid.

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The lid was shoved along about a foot, show- ing the dead man's face down in there, with a wet cloth over it, and his shroud on.

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But he heard nothing, and so, judging from the impression of the seal and the lid, he thought there must be something precious inside.

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Only the lid of the case containing the carpets would not shut down.

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"Come, my dear, let me show you." Leading Saxon to a large sea chest in the bedroom, Mercedes lifted the lid. A faint perfume, as of rose-petals, floated up.

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The first words that they heard in this world, when the lid of the box in which they lay was taken off, were: 'Hurrah, tin-soldiers!' This was exclaimed by a little boy, clapping his hands; they had been given to him because it was his birthday, and now he began setting them out on the table.

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The lock was silver, though tarnished from age; at each end were the imperfect remains of handles also of silver, broken perhaps prematurely by some strange violence; and, on the centre of the lid, was a mysterious cipher, in the same metal.

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Four little names, one on each lid, Carved out by a boyish hand, And underneath there lieth hid Histories of the happpy band Once playing here, and pausing oft To hear the sweet refrain, That came and went on the roof aloft, In the falling summer rain.

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So David, with a promptitude equal to the occasion, drew out his box of yellow lozenges, lifted the lid, and performed a pantomime with his mouth and fingers, which was meant to imply that he was delighted to see his dear brother Jacob, and seized the opportunity of making him a small present, which he would find particularly agreeable to the taste.

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Sir Henry did so, holding it close to the top box, of which the lid, rendered rotten by time even in that dry place, appeared to have been smashed in, probably by Da Silvestra himself.

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When the last nail was driven, and the lid duly planed and fitted, he lightly shouldered the coffin and went forward with it, inquiring whether they were ready for it yet in that direction.

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I got the sexton, who was digging Linton's grave, to remove the earth off her coffin lid, and I opened it.

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Worms of the riper grave unhid By any kindly coffin lid, Obscene and shameless to the light, Seethe in insatiate appetite, Through putrid offal; while above The hissing blow-fly seeks his love, Whose offspring, supping where they supt, Consume corruption twice corrupt.