'LID' definitions:

Definition of 'lid'

noun

Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer" [syn: eyelid, lid, palpebra]

noun

A movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.; "he raised the piano lid"

noun

Headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim [syn: hat, chapeau, lid]

From: GCIDE

Lid \Lid\ (l[i^]d), n. [AS. hlid, fr. hl[imac]dan (in comp.) to cover, shut; akin to OS. hl[imac]dan (in comp.), D. lid lid, OHG. hlit, G. augenlid eyelid, Icel. hli[eth] gate, gateway. [root]40.] [1913 Webster]
1. That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk. [1913 Webster]
2. The cover of the eye; an eyelid. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier's lid. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
3. (Bot.) (a) The cover of the spore cases of mosses. (b) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti. (c) The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts. [1913 Webster]