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Lied vs Lid - What's the difference?

lied | lid |

As nouns the difference between lied and lid

is that lied is an art song, sung in German and accompanied on the piano while lid is the top or cover of a container.

As verbs the difference between lied and lid

is that lied is past tense of lie while lid is to put a lid on something.

lied

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(wikipedia lied) (lieder)
  • (music) An art song, sung in German and accompanied on the piano

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (lie)

    • Anagrams

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    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.

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