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Webster 1913 Edition

Rid

Rid

,
imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Ride
,
Verb.
I.
[Archaic]
He
rid
to the end of the village, where he alighted.
Thackeray.

Rid

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rid
or
Ridded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ridding
.]
[OE.
ridden
,
redden
, AS.
hreddan
to deliver, liberate; akin to D. & LG.
redden
, G.
retten
, Dan.
redde
, Sw.
rädda
, and perhaps to Skr.
[GREEK]rath
to loosen.]
1.
To save; to rescue; to deliver; – with out of.
[Obs.]
Deliver the poor and needy;
rid
them out of the hand of the wicked.
Ps. lxxxii. 4.
2.
To free; to clear; to disencumber; – followed by of.
“Rid all the sea of pirates.”
Shak.
In never
ridded
myself of an overmastering and brooding sense of some great calamity traveling toward me.
De Quincey.
3.
To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy.
[Obs.]
I will
red
evil beasts out of the land.
Lev. xxvi. 6.
Death’s men, you have
rid
this sweet young prince!
Shakespeare
4.
To get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish.
[R.]
“Willingness rids way.”
Shak.
Mirth will make us
rid
ground faster than if thieves were at our tails.
J. Webster.
To be rid of
,
to be free or delivered from.
–
To get rid of
,
to get deliverance from; to free one's self from.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rid

RID

, pret of ride.

RID

,
Verb.
T.
pret. rid; pp. id.
1.
To free; to deliver; properly, to separate, and thus to deliver or save.
That he might rid him out of their hands. Gen. 37.
I will rid you out of their bondage. Ex. 6.
2.
To separate; to drive away.
I will rid evil beasts out of the land. Lev. 26.
[This use is not common.]
3.
To free; to clear; to disencumber; as, to rid one of his care. It is not easy to rid the sea of pirates.
Resolv'd at once to rid himself of pain.
4.
To dispatch.
For willingness rids away.
5.
To drive away; to remove by violence; to destroy.
Ah death's men! you have rid this sweet young prince.

RID

, pp or a. Free; clear; as, to be rid of trouble.
To get rid of, to free one's self.

Definition 2024

rid

rid

See also: riđ and rið

English

Adjective

rid ‎(not comparable)

  1. released from an obligation, problem, etc. (usually followed by "of")
    I’m glad to be rid of that stupid nickname.
Translations

Verb

rid ‎(third-person singular simple present rids, present participle ridding, simple past rid or ridded, past participle rid)

  1. To free from something.
    We're trying to rid the world of poverty.
    1170, King Henry II (offhand remark) — "Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?"
Translations
Derived terms
References
  • “rid” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Etymology 2

Verb

rid

  1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of ride
    • Thackeray
      He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted.

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riːd/, [ʁiðˀ]

Verb

rid

  1. imperative of ride

Lojban

Rafsi

rid

  1. rafsi of crida.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

rid

  1. imperative of ride

Romanian

Etymology

From French ride.

Noun

rid n ‎(plural riduri)

  1. wrinkle, furrow, crease, line (on face)

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːd

Verb

rid

  1. imperative of rida.

Etymology

Fusion of Middle English redden ‎(“to deliver from, rid, clear”) (from Old English hreddan ‎(“to deliver, rescue, free from, take away”), from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną ‎(“to save, deliver”)) and Middle English ridden ‎(“to clear away, remove obstructions”) (from Old English ġeryddan ‎(“to clear land”), from Proto-Germanic *riudijaną ‎(“to clear”), from Proto-Indo-European *reudh- ‎(“to clear land”). Akin to Old Frisian hredda ‎(“to save”), German retten ‎(“to save, deliver”), roden ‎(“to clear”) and reuten ‎(“to clear”), Old Norse ryðja ‎(“to clear, empty”), Old Norse hrōðja ‎(“to clear, strip”). More at redd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɪd/
  • Rhymes: -ɪd

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