Crossword-Solution: LID
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Lid | n. | That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk. |
| Lid | n. | The cover of the eye; an eyelid. |
| Lid | n. | The cover of the spore cases of mosses. |
| Lid | n. | A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti. |
| Lid | n. | The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| LID | anagram | DIL, DLI, LDI |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
NREACO
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with LID (5)
Marie stood looking toward it wistfully, her hand on the lid of the churn, when she heard a sharp ring in the air, the merry sound of the whetstone on the scythe.
There was also a cat in a willow basket, from the partly-opened lid of which she gazed with half-closed eyes, and affectionately surveyed the small birds around.
The soldier had left him, and he was still standing by his box, with the pots of orchids on the lid of it, and staring vaguely over the trees.
The sky looked like blue lava, forever incapable of clouds,—a turquoise bowl that was the lid of the desert.
And now two smaller Cratchits, boy and girl, came tearing in, screaming that outside the baker's they had smelt the goose, and known it for their own; and basking in luxurious thoughts of sage and onion, these young Cratchits danced about the table, and exalted Master Peter Cratchit to the skies, while he (not proud, although his collars nearly choked him) blew the fire, until the slow potatoes bubbling up, knocked loudly at the saucepan-lid to be let out and peeled.
Quotes with LID (3)
Books. They are lined up on shelves or stacked on a table. There they are wrapped up in their jackets, lines of neat print on nicely bound pages. They look like such orderly, static things. Then you, the reader come along. You open the book jacket, and it can be like opening the gates to an unknown city, or opening the lid of a treasure chest. You read the first word and you're off on a journey of exploration and discovery.
She accepted it uncertainly. “This will help?” Without waiting for an answer, with that unsettling trust of hers, she popped open the lid and dug in her finger, smearing the slick substance on and around her mouth. Going outside of the lines, as he deduced she did with most everything in her life. When she was done, she looked absolutely ridiculous. Caine barely resisted smiling at her. “It will help immensely.
After a long while he sat upright with great effort, exhaled a sigh and reached for a clean sheet of lined paper, smoothing it out on the desk. He unscrewed the lid of his fountain pen, laid it perpendicular to his paper, and began to write. Often he compared his writing to white water. He had only to leap in to be dragged away on its rapids, thrown this way and that with his own will rendered impotent. While writing he found the words came from the muscles in his hands, the …
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Custom, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYM, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, Three Across, TIME, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 727 times in crossword archives (1945–2025).