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Lid vs Nid - What's the difference?

lid | nid |

As nouns the difference between lid and nid

is that lid is the top or cover of a container while nid is pound sterling, quid.

As a verb lid

is to put a lid on something.

As an initialism nid is

noun inanimate dependent.

lid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The top or cover of a container.
  • (lb) A cap or hat.
  • *
  • (lb) One ounce of cannabis.
  • A bodyboard or bodyboarder.
  • *2001 , realsurf.com message board
  • *:Mal rider, shortboard or lid everyone surfs like a kook sometimes.
  • *2003 August, Kneelo Knews
  • *:the rest of us managed to dodge out of control lid riders
  • (lb) A motorcyclist's crash helmet.
  • (lb) In amateur radio, an incompetent operator.
  • (lb) Eyelid.
  • *
  • *:Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth.

    • Derived terms

    * skid lid * flip your lid * keep the lid on something/someone * lidless * eyelid

    Verb

  • To put a lid on something.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    nid

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • (linguistics) noun inanimate dependent

    • Noun

    (nid)
  • (UK, slang) pound sterling, quid

    • See also

    * na * nad * ni

    Anagrams

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