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lid
[lid] 
noun, verb, lid⋅ded, lid⋅ding.–noun
| 1. | a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually 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)
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| 6. | Slang. one ounce of marijuana. |
–verb (used with object)
—Idioms| 7. | to supply or cover with a lid. |
| 8. | blow or flip one's lid, Slang. to lose control, esp. to rage hysterically: He nearly flipped his lid over the way they damaged his car. Also, flip one's wig. |
| 9. | blow the lid off, Informal. to expose to public view, esp. to reveal something scandalous, illegal, etc. |
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE hlid; c. D, G lid, ON hlith gate, gateway
bef. 1000; ME; OE hlid; c. D, G lid, ON hlith gate, gateway
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| lid (lĭd) n.
To cover with or as if with a lid. [Middle English, from Old English hlid; see klei- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Lid
Lid\ (l[i^]d), n. [AS. hlid, fr. hl[=i]dan (in comp.) to cover, shut; akin to OS. hl[=i]dan (in comp.), D. lid lid, OHG. hlit, G. augenlid eyelid, Icel. hli[eth] gate, gateway. [root]40.]1. That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk. 2. The cover of the eye; an eyelid. --Shak. Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier's lid. --Byron. 3. (Bot.) (a) The cover of the spore cases of mosses. (b) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti. (c) The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts.
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lid
O.E. hlid "lid, cover, opening, gate," from P.Gmc. *khlithan (cf. O.N. hlið "gate, gap," Swed. lid "gate," Du. lid, O.H.G. hlit "lid, cover"), from PIE base *kli- "cover, shut," or *klei- "to lean" (see lean (v.)), with here perhaps the sense of "that which bends over." Meaning "eyelid" is from c.1220. Slang sense of "hat, cap" is attested from 1896. Slang phrase put a lid on "clamp down on, silence, end" is from 1909.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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lid
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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| LID poor operator (shortwave transmission) |
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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