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lid English

Meaning lid meaning

What does lid mean?
Definitions in simple English

lid

A lid is an object that can be used to seal a container or a box. Use that lid to cover that cup, or else dust will enter it.

lid

either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye his lids would stay open no longer a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc he raised the piano lid (= hat) headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

Synonyms lid synonyms

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Topics lid topics

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Examples lid examples

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Simple sentences

The lid of this box won't lift.
I cannot get the lid off.
She took off the lid of the box.
There's a lid for every pot.
There is a lid for every pot.
Tom removed the lid from the box.
Where's the pan lid?
The lid is closed.
Tom used a crowbar to pry open the lid of the crate.
Tom carefully raised the lid.
Can you take the lid off this box?
I can't get the lid off.
The date of manufacture is shown on the lid.
He found it impossible to lift the lid.
She put the lid on the box.
Tom carefully opened the lid.
The lid won't open.
Tom unscrewed the lid.
Tom opened the lid.

Movie subtitles

Ooish. you, pot lid wench!
Nailed in a. You didn't get the lid on very tight.
Take the lid off.
Probably blow the lid right off the city hall.
We take the tube, you take the lid.
The lid is off on expenses.
Put the lid on our getting back in time, if she did.
You're the sort who doesn't really get into trouble. until they start nailing the lid down on your coffin.
When you finish loading, nail down the false lid and start loading sacks.
Hurry and get the lid down.
At least look under the lid.
You go on down to the store and get a big basket with a lid on it.
Now remove the lid.
Well, that blows the lid, doesn't it?
Now why don't you go down to Saigon and. to blow the lid off? Get a laugh out of your liquor?
You didn't get the lid on very tight.
And the workbox with St. Paul's Cathedral on the lid.
Puts the lid on our getting back in time, if she did.
You're the sort who doesn't get into trouble, until they nail the lid down on your coffin.
That will blow the lid off everything, and they'll never get it back on.
The lid's off the garbage can.
Both of you, keep your hands on the lid.
Close the lid, but don't snap the locks.
I knew it. I knew you'd flip your lid over this girl. Ha ha ha ha.
Yeah. I'll bet they've got a lid on every trash can.
Now lift the lid onto the vial.
Do you think this type lid would do something for my personality?
I think your personality would do something for the, uh, lid.
Yes, but suppose I won't lift the lid.
I've got to clamp the lid on this business.
Like you're prying off the lid of a can.
I can, only open this lid first!
Well, then can you open the lid now?
Carve chief's feather on lid.
Take the lid off and show them the floater!
The whole lid crushed in.
The lid is closed.
We'II saw it in 2 below the lid.

News and current affairs

Nuclear terrorism, a slowdown in China, or a sharp escalation of violence in the Middle East could all blow the lid off the current economic dynamic.
England's rulers sought in vain to keep a lid on the greatest explosion of economic energy and financial wealth in human history.
Re-equilibration: The Party protects its legitimacy, keeps the military subordinate, and manages to put a lid on popular dissent.
But if we believe that - if we put a lid on history and leave it behind us - we run a risk that history will resurrect itself with all its horrors.
Inflationary expectations, as measured by the rates on certain market instruments, actually fell after the hike, indicating increased confidence that the ECB will keep a lid on price pressures.
Of course, most Japanese politicians, media commentators, and academics understand the need for this stance, and the Japanese trait of putting a lid on troublesome issues reinforces this silence, compounding all problems in foreign policy.
Despite all this pressure, the ruling coalitions in the Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary held together, as the historical mission of attaining EU membership worked like a lid on a pressure cooker.
Such developments would encourage putting a lid on corruption at the local level.
The government then uses its coercive power to keep a lid on price growth.
But when we stifle, step by step, all that remains of a free press, when even small television channels that provide uncensored information seem dangerous, we are keeping the lid firmly on the pot.
The Assads, like other authoritarian Arab leaders, kept a lid on internal violence and their own citizens' aspirations.
Only in this manner will shareholders and creditors have a sufficiently strong incentive to monitor management and keep a tight lid on risk-taking by banks or other financial intermediaries.
Given the progress made in expanding vaccination programs in recent years, this revelation represents a unique opportunity for the global community, particularly as we begin to close the lid on polio.
This will enable the ECB to put a lid on the borrowing costs of countries that submit to an austerity program under the supervision of the Troika (the IMF, the ECB, and the European Commission).
The people's movement also took the lid off social pressures often disregarded by Nepal's elites.
With its anticipated bond purchases keeping a lid on interest rates, the net effect is that investors do not see an adequate real return from holding dollar assets, which is perhaps one reason the dollar has been depreciating.
But the establishment's efforts to put a lid on the seething Thai kettle appear untenable.