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lid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /lɪd/
  • (US) audio
  • (Australia) audio
  • /lɛd/ (dialectal, obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱléyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitós Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitóm Proto-Germanic *hlidą Proto-West Germanic *hlid Old English hlid Middle English lid English lid Inherited from Middle English lid, lyd, from Old English hlid, from Proto-West Germanic *hlid, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (compare Dutch lid, German Lid (“eyelid”), Swedish lid (“gate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitós (“covered”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to cover”).

Meanings

  1. The top or cover of a container.
  2. (slang) A cap or hat.
    • “Yes, sir, if that was the language of love, I'll eat my hat,” said the blood relation, alluding, I took it, to the beastly straw contraption in which she does her gardening, concerning which I can only say that it is almost as foul as Uncle Tom's Sherlock Holmes deerstalker, which has frightened more crows than any other lid in Worcestershire. 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
  3. (slang) One ounce of cannabis.
  4. (Australia, slang) A bodyboard or bodyboarder.
    • Mal rider, shortboard or lid everyone surfs like a kook sometimes. 2001, realsurf.com message board:
    • the rest of us managed to dodge out of control lid riders 2003 August, Kneelo Knews:
  5. An operculum or other lid-like cover.
  6. (slang) A motorcyclist's crash helmet.
  7. (slang) In amateur radio, an incompetent operator.
  8. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of eyelid.
    alt of eyelid
    • Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth[…]. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
    • But he suddenly started up, and, closing his eyes, placed his fingers upon the lids, as though he sought to imprison within his brain some curious dream from which he feared he might awake. 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter I, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 2:
  9. A hermetically sealed top piece on a microchip such as the integrated heat spreader on a CPU.
  10. (figuratively) A restraint or control, as when "putting a lid" on something.
    • Basically he says that there is a lid on my organization and on my future, and that lid is me. I am the problem with my company and you are the problem with your company. 2011, Dave Ramsey, EntreLeadership, page 11:
  11. (qualifier:Liverpool, slang) A kid (from the rhyming slang bin lid).
  12. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular) The sky.
  13. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular) One's mind.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lids Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

lift the lid · keep the lid on something · lidlike · potlid · there's a lid for every pot · flip one's lid · tin lid · decklid · flip your lid · eyelid · lidlock · lidless · someone · lid-lifter · lidder · bootlid · call a lid · skid lid · delid · flip the lid · Sutton Hoo purse-lid · keep a lid on · put a lid on it · there is a lid for every pot · blow the lid off · put the lid on · trunklid · earlid · put the tin lid on it · lidful · blow one's lid

Translations (155)

bcl takop (top or cover) · am ክዳን (top or cover) · hy կափարիչ (top or cover) · xcl խուփ (top or cover) · hu födél (top or cover) · cmn 蓋 /盖 (top or cover) · vo köpategot (top or cover) · ka თავსახური (top or cover) · ota قپاق (top or cover) · qu chipchi (top or cover) · oc cobertoira (top or cover) · ug قاپقاق (top or cover) · vo tegot (top or cover) · la operculum (top or cover) · khb ᦚᦱ (top or cover) · bho ढक्कन (top or cover) · hu fedő (top or cover) · az qapaq (top or cover) · bg похлупа́к (top or cover) · fo lok (top or cover) · cs poklička (top or cover) · es tapador (top or cover) · is lok (top or cover) · vi nắp (top or cover) · ro capac (top or cover) · uk кри́шка (top or cover) · gl tapadeira (top or cover) · pl wieczko (top or cover) · sw kifuniko (top or cover) · es tapa (top or cover) · cs víčko (top or cover) · gd ceann (top or cover) · mi taupoki (top or cover) · cmn 蓋子 /盖子 (top or cover) · fa-ira سَر (top or cover) · pt tampa (top or cover) · vo glätategot (top or cover) · fa-ira سَرْپوش (top or cover) · gl tapa (top or cover) · tr kapak (top or cover) · yue 蓋 /盖 (top or cover) · tg сарпӯш (top or cover) · lld cuiertl (top or cover) · fa-ira دَرْپوش (top or cover) · hu födő (top or cover) · mi kopani (top or cover) · vi vung (top or cover) · kk қақпақ (top or cover) · ta மூடி (top or cover) · be ве́чка (top or cover) · pms cjioèrca (top or cover) · my အဖုံး (top or cover) · he מִכְסֶה (top or cover) · sk veko (top or cover) · nds-de Deckel (top or cover) · lt dangtis (top or cover) · sh по̀клопац (top or cover) · it coperchio (top or cover) · sq kapak (top or cover) · lt kamštelis (top or cover) · ja(top or cover) · dng гэзы (top or cover) · km គ្រប (top or cover) · xcl կափարիչ (top or cover) · ur سَر پوش (top or cover) · haw po'i (top or cover) · sh kàpak (top or cover) · gl testo (top or cover) · ps سر پوښ (top or cover) · ar غِطَاء (top or cover) · kmr qepax (top or cover) · mk поклопец (top or cover) · sh pòklopac (top or cover) · tt капкач (top or cover) · sh ка̀пак (top or cover) · ka სახურავი (top or cover) · el καπάκι (top or cover) · ota طباق (top or cover) · de Deckel (top or cover) · alt какпак (top or cover) · nl deksel (top or cover) · bg капа́к (top or cover) · eo kovrilo (top or cover) · niv ырпс (top or cover) · mr झाकण (top or cover) · lv vāks (top or cover) · id tudung (top or cover) · sl pokrov (top or cover) · th ฝา (top or cover) · gl tampa (top or cover) · fa-ira دَر (top or cover) · oc tapador (top or cover) · gd mullach (top or cover) · hi ढक्कन (top or cover) · id tutup (top or cover) · gd faircill (top or cover) · fr couvercle (top or cover) · da låg (top or cover) · ti መኽደን (top or cover) · sv lock (top or cover) · pl pokrywka (top or cover) · sq mloi (gheg) (top or cover) · ru кры́шка (top or cover) · ur ڈَھکَّن (top or cover) · ba ҡапҡас (top or cover) · cy caead (top or cover) · vo bokategot (top or cover) · ca tapa (top or cover) · vo sarkategot (top or cover) · ky капкак (top or cover) · nn lokk (top or cover) · ko 덮개 (top or cover) · za fa (top or cover) · ko 뚜껑 (top or cover) · km គំរប (top or cover) · hy խուփ (top or cover) · si ආවරණය (top or cover) · es tapadera (top or cover) · ast tapa (top or cover) · gl tello (top or cover) · scn cummogghiu (top or cover) · mk капак (top or cover) · oc cobertor (top or cover) · grc πῶμα (top or cover) · as ঢাকনি (top or cover) · nb lokk (top or cover) · cs víko (top or cover) · et kaas (top or cover) · tk gapak (top or cover) · lo ຝາ (top or cover) · eu estalki (top or cover) · bo ཁ་གཅོད (top or cover) · pl wieko (top or cover) · yi דעקל (top or cover) · fi kansi (top or cover) · ps سرپوش (top or cover) · sk viečko (top or cover) · hu fedél (top or cover) · ms tudung (top or cover) · te మూత (top or cover) · ka ხუფი (top or cover) · pl nakrywka (top or cover) · be кры́шка (top or cover) · vo trökategot (top or cover) · mn таг (top or cover) · ur ڈَھکْنا (top or cover) · mg takotra (top or cover) · vo bogategot (top or cover) · cic pakna' (top or cover) · tl takip (top or cover) · it tappo (top or cover) · bn ঢাকনা (top or cover) · gl cobertoira (top or cover) · sl pokrovka (top or cover) · uz qopqoq (top or cover)

Source: en.wiktionary, “lid” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

lid en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /lɪd/
  • (US) audio
  • (Australia) audio
  • /lɛd/ (dialectal, obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱléyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitós Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitóm Proto-Germanic *hlidą Proto-West Germanic *hlid Old English hlid Middle English lid English lid Inherited from Middle English lid, lyd, from Old English hlid, from Proto-West Germanic *hlid, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (compare Dutch lid, German Lid (“eyelid”), Swedish lid (“gate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitós (“covered”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to cover”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To put a lid on (something).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lidded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lidded Tense=Past lexicographic
lidding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lids Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

unlid

Deriveds

unlid

Translations (13)

eo kovri (to put a lid on something) · bg похлупвам (to put a lid on something) · nan-hbl(to put a lid on something) · nan-hbl 蓋 /盖 (to put a lid on something) · cs přikrýt víkem (to put a lid on something) · cs zakrýt víkem (to put a lid on something) · gl tapar (to put a lid on something) · hu fedő (to put a lid on something) · pt tampar (to put a lid on something) · pt tamponar (to put a lid on something) · fi kansittaa (to put a lid on something) · cs zavíčkovat (to put a lid on something) · io lidizar (to put a lid on something)