LID

[noun] [C] - a cover on a container, which can be lifted up or removedCan you get the lid off this jar (= Can you open the jar)?Put a lid on the saucepan.See picture: BottlesA lid is also an eyelid.She looked at him from under half-closed lids.(informal) If you put/keep the lid on something you keep it secret.(informal) If you take/blow the lid off something you make it public.These newspaper articles have taken the lid off government corruption.(UK and ANZ) If something or someone puts the lid on something it destroys it by being the last in a series of misfortunes.Well, James' resignation just about puts the lid on the project.(esp. US) If you put a lid on something or someone, you stop it.Would you please put a lid on all that chatter, I'm trying to work.