Lid

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See also Lid

English

Etymology

Old English hlid, from Germanic *hliðo-m. Cognate with Dutch lid, German (Augen)lid ‘eyelid’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɪd/

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  Rhymes: -ɪd

Noun

Singular Lid

Plural {{{1}}}

Lid ({{{1}}})

1. top or cover of a container
2. (slang) a cap or hat
3. (slang) one ounce of cannabis
4. (surfing slang, mainly Australia) bodyboard or bodyboarder

   the rest of us managed to dodge out of control lid riders — Kneelo Knews August 2003 [1]

   Mal rider, shortboard or lid everyone surfs like a kook sometimes. — realsurf.com message board 2001 [2]

5. (slang) a motorcyclist's crash helmet

Derived terms

• skid lid
• flip your lid
• keep the lid on something/someone
• lidless
• eyelid

Translations

top or cover

Albanian: kapak sq(sq) m. Armenian: կափարիչ hy(hy) (kap’arič), խուփ hy(hy) (xup’) Old Armenian: կափարիչ (kapʿaričʿ), խուփն (xupʿn) Bosnian: kapak bs(bs) m., poklopac bs(bs) m. Catalan: tapa f. Chinese: Mandarin: 蓋子 cmn(cmn), 盖子 cmn(cmn) (gàizi), 蓋 cmn(cmn), 盖 cmn(cmn) (gài) Croatian: poklopac hr(hr) m. Czech: víko cs(cs) n. Dutch: deksel nl(nl) n. Finnish: kansi fi(fi) French: couvercle m. (1) Georgian: ხუფი ka(ka) (xup’i) German: Deckel de(de) m. Greek: Καπάκι, το Hungarian: fedél

Italian: coperchio it(it) m. Japanese: 蓋 ja(ja) (futa) Kurdish: qepax ku(ku) f. Piedmontese: cjioèrca f. Polish: wieko n. Romanian: capac f. and m. Russian: крышка ru(ru) f. Scottish Gaelic: mullach gd(gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: капак sr(sr) m., поклопац sr(sr) m. Roman: kapak sr(sr) m., poklopac sr(sr) m. Sicilian: cummogghiu m. Spanish: tapa es(es) f. Swahili: kifuniko sw(sw) Swedish: lock sv(sv) Telugu: మూత te(te) (moota) Turkish: kapak tr(tr)

Verb

Infinitive to Lid

Third person singular lid

Simple past lidded

Past participle -

Present participle lidding

to Lid (third-person singular simple present lid, present participle lidding, simple past and past participle lidded)

1. to put a lid on something

Anagrams

• DIL,

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Czech

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Noun

Lid m.

1. people

Derived terms

• lidový m.
• lidnatý
• lidumil m.
• zalidnění
• přelidnění

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hlít.

Noun

Lid c.

1. trust

Verb

Lid

1. Imperative of lide.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

Lid n. (plural leden, diminutive lidje, diminutive plural lidjes)

1. member (of a group)
2. member (extremity of a body)

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Old High German

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *lith-, whence also Old English liþ, Old Norse liðr

Noun

lid

1. member

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Spanish

Etymology

Latin lis; see also litigate

Noun

Lid f. (plural lides)

Singular Lid f.

Plural lides f.

1. lawsuit
2. fight

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Swedish

Verb form

lid

1. imperative of lida