Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or covered with a lid or similar covering.
- adjective Having eyelids of a specified kind. Used in combination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a lid; covered by a lid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Covered with a lid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a cover like a
lid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having or covered with a lid or lids; often used in combination
- adjective having a lid
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Examples
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With their erect posture and heavily lidded eyes, the Eastern screech owls we are examining at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel look like imperious matrons.
Duck, duck, owl: Patuxent research center is for the birds John Kelly 2010
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Add yeast and salt to the water in a 5-quart bowl or, preferably, in a resealable, lidded (not airtight) plastic food container or food-grade bucket.
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If you are using a lidded grill, keep it open to limit heat exposure to the down edge.
Ben Eisendrath: Steaks fit to thaw a Logger Ben Eisendrath 2010
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With their erect posture and heavily lidded eyes, the Eastern screech owls we are examining at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel look like imperious matrons.
Duck, duck, owl: Patuxent research center is for the birds John Kelly 2010
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If you are using a lidded grill, keep it open to limit heat exposure to the down edge.
Ben Eisendrath: Steaks fit to thaw a Logger Ben Eisendrath 2010
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If you are using a lidded grill, keep it open to limit heat exposure to the down edge.
Ben Eisendrath: Steaks Fit to Thaw a Logger Ben Eisendrath 2010
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The whisky went to his brain, making his eyes heavy-lidded and the cloudiness of them more cloudy.
CHAPTER XII 2010
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All King's movements were slow and methodical, and his heavy-lidded, slow-moving eyes gave him the appearance of being half asleep or dazed.
A PIECE OF STEAK 2010
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The eyes, slow of movement and heavy-lidded, were almost expressionless under the shaggy, indrawn brows.
A PIECE OF STEAK 2010
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No-knead breads are usually baked in some sort of lidded pot or dutch oven (and are sometimes called “Pot Bread” as a result).
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