lid

  • 31lid */*/ — UK [lɪd] / US noun [countable] Word forms lid : singular lid plural lids 1) a cover for a container a saucepan lid close/lift/open the lid: She closed the lid of the suitcase. 2) the piece of skin that covers your eye when it is closed • keep/put …

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  • 32lid — n. cover 1) to cover smt. with a lid 2) to put a lid on smb. curb 3) to clamp, clap, put a lid on smt. * * * [lɪd] clap put a lid on smt. [ cover ] to cover smt. with a lid [ curb ] to clamp to put a lid on smb …

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  • 33lid — [[t]lɪ̱d[/t]] lids 1) N COUNT A lid is the top of a box or other container which can be removed or raised when you want to open the container. Syn: top 2) N COUNT: usu pl Your lids are the pieces of skin which cover your eyes when you close them …

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  • 34lid — {{#}}{{LM L23826}}{{〓}} {{SynL24413}} {{[}}lid{{]}} {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Lucha, combate o enfrentamiento: • Los caballeros medievales eran diestros en las lides.{{○}} {{【}}lides{{】}} {{《}}▍ pl.{{》}} {{<}}2{{>}} Asuntos, actividades u… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 35lid — 1. n. an eyelid. □ Her lids began to close, and the professor raised his voice to a roar. □ Pop your lids open! It’s morning! 2. n. one half to one ounce of marijuana. (Drugs. An amount that will fill a Prince Albert tobacco can lid. Often plural …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 36lid — 1. noun /lɪd/ a) top or cover of a container the rest of us managed to dodge out of control lid riders mdash; Kneelo Knews August 2003 [ …

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  • 37lid — SYN: eyelid. [A.S. hlid] granular lids SYN: trachoma. lower l. SYN: inferior eyelid. upper l. SYN: superior eyelid. * * * large intraluminal density; late immunoglobulin deficiency; lymphocytic infiltrative disease * * * lid lid n EYELID * * * …

    Medical dictionary

  • 38lid — [OE] The prehistoric Germanic ancestor of lid was *khlitham, which also produced Dutch lid and the lid of German augenlid ‘eyelid’. It comes ultimately from the Indo European base *kli ‘cover, shut’ …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 39lid — noun the lid of a saucepan put a lid on it blow the lid off Syn: cover, top, cap, covering …

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  • 40lid — [[t]lɪd[/t]] n. v. lid•ded, lid•ding 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) sts Slang. a hat, cap …

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