Meaning

1 senses

  1. To put a lid on (something).

Examples

138 sentences

  1. The lid is closed.

    Кришка закрита. — deniko

    ruКрышка закрыта. — Balamax

    deDer Deckel ist zu. — Tamy

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  2. I closed the lid.

    Я закрив кришку. — deniko

    ruЯ закрыл крышку. — marafon

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  3. I lifted the lid.

    Я підняв кришку. — deniko

    ruЯ снял крышку. — marafon

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  4. I unscrewed the lid.

    Я відкрутив кришку. — deniko

    ruЯ отвинтил крышку. — astru

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  5. This lid belongs with that jar.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

Inherited from Middle English lid, lyd, from Old English hlid, from Proto-West Germanic *h

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”).

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Forms

lids, lidding, lidded, lidded
Base formlid · to lid
3rd person singularlids
Present participlelidding
Past simplelidded
Past participlelidded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylid
he, she, itlids

Past simpleLesson

all personslidded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lidded
he, she, ithas lidded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lid

Antonyms

1 antonyms
unlid

Word family

1 related words
Derivedunlid

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

4 patterns
  • lifted the lid
  • put the lid
  • the lid off
  • lid on the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lickB2lickspittlelicoricelieA2lieulieutenant

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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