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lid definition

lid (lid)

noun

  1. a movable cover, hinged or unattached, as for a box, trunk, pot, etc.; top
  2. eyelid
  3. ☆ Informal a curb or restraint to put a lid on gambling
  4. Slang a cap, hat, etc.
  5. Slang a small package of marijuana, usually about an ounce
  6. Bot., loosely an operculum

Etymology: ME < OE hlid (akin to Ger -lid in augenlid, eyelid) < base seen in OE hlidan, to cover < IE base *lei-, to lean

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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