lid

B2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /lɪd/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like rid /l/ vs /r/

Freq #7111

Meanings

1

noun
A cover for the top of a container, such as a box, jar, or pan.

I couldn't get the lid off the jam jar.
2

noun
The fold of skin that covers the eye; an eyelid.

Her lids grew heavy as she fell asleep.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a cover for the top of a... cover top

2 noun · the fold of skin that... eyelid palpebra

Word family

Forms lids

Derived forms bootliddeckliddelidearlideyelidlid-lifterlidderlidfullidlesslidlikelidlockpotlid

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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trunk lid
a hinged panel that closes the luggage compartment of a car

Noun + noun

Idioms (1)

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keep a lid on
To keep information secret and prevent it from spreading.

Simplified etymology

Lid is inherited from Old English hlid, a word of Germanic origin whose underlying meaning was “cover.” That meaning is also preserved in the Middle English compound eyelid.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lid, lyd, from Old English hlid, from Proto-West Germanic *hlid, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (compare Dutch lid, German Lid (“eyelid”), Swedish lid (“gate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitós (“covered”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to cover”).

*ḱley- Proto-Indo-European lid Middle English hlid Old English *hlid Proto-West Germanic *hlidą Proto-Germanic *ḱlitós Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

General Vocabulary

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# lid

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /lɪd/
**Frequency rank:** 7111

## Meanings
1. A cover for the top of a container, such as a box, jar, or pan.
2. The fold of skin that covers the eye; an eyelid.

## Examples
- I couldn't get the lid off the jam jar.
- Her lids grew heavy as she fell asleep.

## Derived Forms
- bootlid
- decklid
- delid
- earlid
- eyelid
- lid-lifter
- lidder
- lidful
- lidless
- lidlike
- lidlock
- potlid

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ḱley-
- Root: lid
- Root: hlid
- Root: *hlid
- Root: *hlidą
- Root: *ḱlitós

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lid, lyd, from Old English hlid, from Proto-West Germanic *hlid, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (compare Dutch lid, German Lid (“eyelid”), Swedish lid (“gate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitós (“covered”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to cover”).

## AI Etymology
Lid is inherited from Middle English lid, lyd, from Old English hlid, from Proto-West Germanic *hlid, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (compare Dutch lid, German Lid (“eyelid”), Swedish lid (“gate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitós (“covered”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to cover”).

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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