lid

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
  2. noun a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.
  3. noun headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

eyelid, palpebra

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