(n.) That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.
(n.) The cover of the eye; an eyelid.
(n.) The cover of the spore cases of mosses.
(n.) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti.
(n.) The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts.
Example Sentences:
(1) Epicanthal folds were present in 46%, mongoloid slanting of the lids in 72% of cases.
(2) It appears that the effects of monocular lid suture upon MIN are in most respects similar to the effects of monocular lid suture previously reported for the A laminae.
(3) Over a period of 9 months a 12-year-old girl spontaneously developed a palpable cystic tumor in the upper eye lid which led to an indentation and downward displacement of the globe.
(4) Lateral upper and lower lid lysis allows the needed extended period of healing.
(5) Aponeurotic ptosis repair may be performed under local anesthesia, and past reports have suggested that operative lid position may be used to predict the final result.
(6) Cryotherapy with high-flow nitrous oxide was applied to the lid margin for 45 seconds in a freeze-thaw-freeze cycle.
(7) In fact, in some patients the lower-lid wrinkling appears far worse after fat removal.
(8) The reports of rod-dominated psychophysical spectral sensitivity from the deprived eye of monocularly lid-sutured (MD) monkeys are intriguing but difficult to reconcile with the absence of any reported deprivation effects in retina.
(9) The lid is fiddly to fit on to the cup, and smells so strongly of silicone it almost entirely ruins the taste of the coffee if you don’t remove it.
(10) In neurological diseases the hyposensitivity could include the cornea, conjunctiva and lid margin.
(11) The advances in lid and orbital surgery are due to the improvements made in diagnostic equipment and to technical refinements.
(12) Maybe there was a wish to go for these stronger story formulations, more extreme situations to try to get the energy up to comfortably blow the lid off.” Miller pointed out to Franzen that he has developed something of a reputation as a misanthrope.
(13) The volumetric determination of all those tissues relevant for Opthalmodynamography (ODG) showed the lids to contribute about a quarter to the total volume; another quarter each was due to the optic bulb including optic fascicel, external bulbar musculature and orbital fat.
(14) The occurrence of squamous cell carcinoma of the lid is reviewed with emphasis upon the incidence, clinical presentation, pathophysiology and methods of treatment.
(15) Surgical techniques are based upon removal of fat from each of the two or three so-called compartments within the upper or lower lid.
(16) Several procedures have been developed to restore closure of the paralyzed upper eyelid (implantation of gold weights or open wire springs) or to correct lower lid lagophthalmos and ectropion (lower lid tightening with a Bick procedure or insertion of a closed eyelid spring).
(17) Signs include lid edema, periauricular lymphadenopathy, conjunctival injection, follicular reaction, and typically subconjunctival hemorrhages.
(18) The German journalist whose documentary lifted the lid on claims of systematic doping in Russian athletics has said he is prepared to make a follow-up after receiving more evidence.
(19) She will outline her case in a speech at the Oxford media conference, which will be the first time Labour has lifted the lid on the all-party talks on Leveson.
(20) By any measure Poland’s recent history is one of triumph It was a war that was as much personal as it was political, with enmities that had been stewing for a decade erupting as the lid of communist rule was lifted.
Slid
Definition:
() imp. & p. p. of Slide.
(imp.) of Slide
() of Slide
Example Sentences:
(1) I remember the way I slid sideways through rows of desks, my arms crossed over my chest.
(2) The unemployment rate among 16- to 24-year-olds slid to 19.3%, from 20.7% in the three months to March.
(3) Gerard Piqué slid in and inexplicably handled Marcelo’s cross.
(4) The defender took a quick throw-in on the right wing in the 17th minute back to Hugo Lloris and, after a comical exchange of passes with the Tottenham goalkeeper, he inadvertently slid the ball back inside to Lee Cattermole, who finished precisely into the bottom corner from 25 yards out.
(5) Then Wigan were level, as Sammon slid between two West Ham defenders to turn home his shot, and all the desire and inspiration drained from Grant's side.
(6) A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman, Kathleen Bergen, said the CRJ2 aircraft had landed safely and was turning off the runway on to a taxiway when it slid into the snow.
(7) We trained just a little bit, but Ramires slid and has a muscular injury.
(8) The prosthetic testicle is inserted through an inguinal incision and slid into the scrotum.
(9) After picking up an early booking, Ramos spent the rest of the match apparently chasing another, though it took until the 84th minute for Alejandro Hernández to finally reach to his pocket and and show the second yellow, when Ramos needlessly slid through the back of Luis Suárez.
(10) The graft is slid under this bridge, placed onto the roughened surface of the carpus and pushed under the operculum raised at the base of the 2nd and 3rd metacarpals.
(11) In the 10.40m column, the snails slid downward to a depth of 4m or descended suddenly all the way to the bottom.
(12) Interestingly, honest individuals were initially shielded from taking antisocial decisions – but, with time, even they slid down the slippery, corrupting slope of power.
(13) Cameron Borthwick-Jackson had played Costa onside and slid in desperately to try and intercept, only for his tackle to take the ball away from an on-rushing De Gea and neatly into the striker’s path.
(14) The fighting has often slid into horror and depravity over the past 22 months.
(15) So he slid farther forward and got hold of Rob's waist and pulled him the rest of the way out.
(16) Abe says he wants to raise the number of women in the workforce to revive the economy, which has slid back into recession for the fifth time in seven years.
(17) He's staying at Stoke, who presumably wanted a bit more than the £5m that was slid across the table by QPR suits.
(18) Giggs and Bardsley slid in, with the United man winning the race but not preventing a goal.
(19) Ronald Koeman accused Sadio Mané and Victor Wanyama of “lacking focus” and letting the club down as Saints slid further down the table with a fourth consecutive away defeat.
(20) The study showed that the number of PFCs by the Cunningham slid was greater than that observed by the gel technique of Trump at the same lymphocyte concentration.