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LID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lid" is a kind of...):
headdress; headgear (clothing for the head)
Meronyms (parts of "lid"):
crown (the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head)
brim (a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat)
hatband (a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lid"):
tirolean; tyrolean (soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade)
toque (a tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs)
titfer (a hat (Cockney rhyming slang: 'tit for tat' rhymes with 'hat'))
sun hat; sunhat (a hat with a broad brim that protects the face from direct exposure to the sun)
sou'wester (waterproof hat with wide slanting brim longer in back than in front)
sombrero (a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico)
snap-brim hat (a hat with a snap brim)
shovel hat (a stiff broad-brimmed hat with the brim turned up at the sides and projecting in front; worn by some clergymen in Britain)
millinery; woman's hat (hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner)
fur hat (a hat made of fur)
fedora; felt hat; homburg; Stetson; trilby (a hat made of felt with a creased crown)
dunce's cap; dunce cap; fool's cap (a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils)
beaver; dress hat; high hat; opera hat; silk hat; stovepipe; top hat; topper (a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur)
deerstalker (a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters)
cowboy hat; ten-gallon hat (a hat with a wide brim and a soft crown; worn by American ranch hands)
cocked hat (hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form points)
cavalier hat; slouch hat (a soft felt hat with a wide flexible brim)
campaign hat (a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown; formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnel)
bowler; bowler hat; derby; derby hat; plug hat (a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim)
bonnet; poke bonnet (a hat tied under the chin)
boater; leghorn; Panama; Panama hat; sailor; skimmer; straw hat (a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown)
bearskin; busby; shako (tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.
Example:
he raised the piano lid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lid" is a kind of...):
cover; top (covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container))
Meronyms (parts of "lid"):
lock (a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lid"):
trunk lid (hinged lid for a trunk)
Holonyms ("lid" is a part of...):
box (a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid)
chest (box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy)
jar (a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
Example:
his lids would stay open no longer
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lid" is a kind of...):
protective fold (a flap of tissue that protects what it covers)
Meronyms (parts of "lid"):
cilium; eyelash; lash (any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids)
conjunctiva (a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid)
Holonyms ("lid" is a part of...):
eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb lid
Context examples:
There are approximately 2-5 glands on the upper lid and 1-3 glands on the lower lid.
(Gland of Wolfring, NCI Thesaurus)
A shallow dish with a lid used to culture cells.
(Petri Dish, NCI Thesaurus)
“Give me the key,” said my mother; and though the lock was very stiff, she had turned it and thrown back the lid in a twinkling.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
As I glanced at the box I noticed, with a start, that upon the lid was printed the treble K which I had read in the morning upon the envelope.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She brought with her two uncompromising hard black boxes, with her initials on the lids in hard brass nails.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Adele seemed scarcely to need the warning—she had already retired to a sofa with her treasure, and was busy untying the cord which secured the lid.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Professor Challenger drew off the top of the case, which formed a sliding lid.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Here I gif you one, for between these lids (he meant covers) is many books in one.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
One moment surely might be spared; and, so desperate should be the exertion of her strength, that, unless secured by supernatural means, the lid in one moment should be thrown back.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
“Ha! Nothing could be better,” said Holmes, leaning back in his chair and looking keenly at me from under his half closed lids.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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