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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 combinationplay

2. having a lidplay

  Familiarity information: LIDDED used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LIDDED (adjective)


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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