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lid ild ldi dli idl dil

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Definitions and meaning of lid

lid

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɪd

Noun

lid (plural lids)

1. The top or cover of a container.
2. (slang) A cap or hat.
3. (slang) One ounce of cannabis.
4. (surfing, slang, chiefly Australia) A bodyboard or bodyboarder.
5. (slang) A motorcyclist's crash helmet.
6. (slang) In amateur radio, an incompetent operator.
7. Clipping of eyelid.
8. (microelectronics) A hermetically sealed top piece on a microchip such as the integrated heat spreader on a CPU.
9. (figurative) A restraint or control, as when "putting a lid" on something.
10. (Liverpool) A kid (from the rhyming slang bin lid)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To put a lid on (something).

   Antonym: unlid

Derived terms

• unlid

Translations

Anagrams

• -dil, -dil-, DIL, DLI, IDL, dil-

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lət]

Noun

lid (plural lede, diminutive lidjie)

1. member (of a group or club)
2. member, limb

Derived terms

• lidmaat

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľudъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪt]

Noun

lid m inan

1. people

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• lid in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• lid in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• lid in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hlít.

Noun

lid c (singular definite liden, not used in plural form)

1. trust

Verb

lid

1. imperative of lide

Further reading

• “lid” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪt/
• Hyphenation: lid
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lit, let, leet, from Old Dutch *lid, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz.

Noun

lid n (plural leden, diminutive lidje n or ledeken n)

1. member (of a group)

   Synonym: lidmaat

2. member, limb (extremity of a body)

   Synonym: ledemaat

3. member, penis
4. (law) paragraph, subsection (legislative drafting)
5. (obsolete, grammar) article, particularly in the Southern diminutive form ledeken [from late 16th c.]

   Synonyms: lidwoord, voorlid

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: lid
• → Indonesian: lid
• Negerhollands: lid, leden, leeden

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch lit, let, from Old Dutch *lid, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą.

Noun

lid n (plural leden, diminutive lidje n)

1. (rare) lid, cover

Derived terms

• ooglid

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch lid (“member”), from Middle Dutch lit, let, leet, from Old Dutch *lid, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪt]
• Hyphenation: lid

Noun

lid (first-person possessive lidku, second-person possessive lidmu, third-person possessive lidnya)

1. (colloquial) member (of a group).

   Synonym: anggota

Further reading

• “lid” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lyd, lidde, lidd, lydde

Etymology

From Old English hlid, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lid/

Noun

lid (plural liddis)

1. A lid; a piece of material used to cover a container.
2. The exterior of a gravesite, ditch, or pit.
3. The covering over one's eyes; an eyelid.
4. (rare) The top layer of a pastry dish.

Descendants

• English: lid
• Scots: lid

References

• “lid, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-29.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lid

1. imperative of lide

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• lir, lider

Verb

lid

1. present tense of lide
2. imperative of lide

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liː/
• (Sunnmøre) IPA^(key): /liːd/

Noun

lid f (plural lidi)

1. (pre-1917 or dialectal) a sloping mountainside or hillside covered with grass or forest. Alternative form of li.

Old English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lid/

Noun

lid n

1. ship, vessel

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sċip

Derived terms

• lidmann

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *liþuz, whence also Old English liþ and Old Norse liðr.

Noun

lid ?

1. member

Descendants

• Middle High German: lit
  • Alemannic German: Lid
  • German: Lied

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin lītem (“strife, dispute, quarrel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlid/ [ˈlið̞]
• Rhymes: -id
• Syllabification: lid

Noun

lid f (plural lides)

1. lawsuit

   Synonym: litigio

2. fight

   Synonym: lucha

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• chapter LID, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish liþ, from Old Norse hlíð, from Proto-Germanic *hlīdō. Cognate of Latin clīvus, Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma), Old English hliþ.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːd

Noun

lid c

1. A slope of a hill.

Declension

Verb

lid

1. imperative of lida

Further reading

• lid in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

Volapük

Etymology

From German Lied.

Noun

lid (nominative plural lids)

1. song

Declension

Welsh

Noun

lid

1. Soft mutation of llid.

Mutation

Source: wiktionary.org