1. 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 kind of protective fold
is a part of eye, oculus, optic
has parts: cilium, eyelash, lash, conjunctiva
2. lid(n = noun.artifact) - 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 kind of cover, top
is a part of box, chest, jar
has parts: lock
has particulars: trunk lid
3. lid(n = noun.artifact) chapeau, hat - headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim;
is a kind of headdress, headgear
has parts: brim, crown, hatband
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
1. That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk. [1913 Webster]
2. The cover of the eye; an eyelid. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier's lid." [1913 Webster]
3. The cover of the spore cases of mosses. [1913 Webster]
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.
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.).
Derivative:
lidded adj. (also in comb.). lidless adj.
Etymology:
OE hlid f. Gmc
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