[ UK /lˈɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɪd/ ]
NOUN
  1. headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
  2. 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
  3. either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
    his lids would stay open no longer
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How To Use lid In A Sentence

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  • The pilot shut off the motors and glided down to the landing field.
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  • Have you made the reservations for our holiday yet?
  • Ingundis; and Leovigild, whose two sons, Hermenegild and Recared, were the issue of a former marriage.] [Footnote 128: Iracundiae furore succensa, adprehensam per comam capitis puellam in terram conlidit, et diu calcibus verberatam, ac sanguins cruentatam, jussit exspoliari, et piscinae immergi. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3
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