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# lid

«lid» in Mova's school dictionary: **a cover on top of a box, pot, jar or bin that you can…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a lid, lids)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A lid is a cover on top of a box, pot, jar or bin that you can lift or take off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lid/#m1)

2) An eyelid is the skin that closes over your eye; sometimes just called a lid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lid/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking and science, a lid keeps heat and steam in, so water boils faster; a lid on a jar keeps food fresh. In safety, put a lid on a hot pan if it catches fire (never water) and screw lids back on medicines and cleaning products. Phrases: «put a lid on it» (be quiet or stop it), «keep a lid on» (keep under control or secret), «flip your lid» (get very angry).

### examples

- Put the lid back on the jam jar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lid/#x1)
- The lid of the box was stuck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lid/#x2)
- Cover the pot with a lid so the water boils faster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lid/#x3)
- Close the lid of the bin to keep foxes out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lid/#x4)
- Lift the lid of the piano carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lid/#x5)
- Steam was pushing the lid up and down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lid/#x6)
- If a pan catches fire, put a lid on it and turn off the heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lid/#x7)
- Keep a lid on the secret until the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lid/#x8)
- The genius promised, and the fisherman lifted the lid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lid/#x9)

### note

Countable: a lid, two lids. A lid sits on top; a «cap» or «top» is a small lid that screws on bottles. Do not confuse «lid» with «led» (the past of lead).

### In the corpora

- [In one stage the brain is very busy, the eyes flick about under the lids and the body twitches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses/3/)
- [Steam from a hot container can burn, so you open the lid away from your face.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast/16/)
- [A lid on a burning pan works because it cuts off the oxygen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/40-home-safety-reasoning/3/)
- [After the toilet you flush, close the lid if there is one and wash your hands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/12/)
- [Graters, peelers and the cut edge of a tin lid take skin off fingers very easily.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lid» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lid/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.