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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)
a. the cover of the capsule; operculum.
b. the upper section of a pyxidium.
6. Slang. one ounce of marijuana.
–verb (used with object)
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
lid   (lĭd)   
n.  
  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.
tr.v.   lid·ded, lid·ding, lids
To cover with or as if with a lid.

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

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.
Language Translation for : lid
Spanish: tapa,
German: der Deckel,
Japanese: ふた

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.

Main Entry: lid
Pronunciation: 'lid
Function: noun
: EYELID
LID
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