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LIDDED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lidded mean?
• LIDDED (adjective)
The adjective LIDDED has 2 senses:
1. having or covered with a lid or lids; often used in combination
Familiarity information: LIDDED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or covered with a lid or lids; often used in combination
Context example:
heavy-lidded eyes
Antonym:
lidless (not having or covered with a lid or lids)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a lid
Context example:
milk in a heavy lidded mug
Similar:
topped (having a top of a specified character)
Context examples
Holmes sat in his big armchair with the weary, heavy-lidded expression which veiled his keen and eager nature, while I sat opposite to him, and we listened in silence to the strange story which our visitor detailed to us.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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