Rid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To free from: He was finally able to rid himself of all financial worries.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. released from an obligation, problem, etc. (usually followed by "of")
  • v. To free from something.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • imp. & p. p. of ride, v. i.
  • v. To save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of.
  • v. To free; to clear; to disencumber; -- followed by of.
  • v. To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy.
  • v. To get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To take away; remove, as from a position of trouble or danger; deliver.
  • To separate or free from anything superfluous or objectionable; disencumber; clear.
  • To send or drive away; expel; banish.
  • To clear away; disencumber or clear one's self of; get rid of.
  • Specifically— To part from; dispose of; spend.
  • To get through or over; accomplish; achieve; despatch.
  • To put out of the way; destroy; kill.
  • To part; put asunder; separate.
  • Free; clear; quit; relieved: followed by of.
  • An obsolete or dialectal preterit of ride.
  • A dialectal variant of red.
  • n. A variant of red.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. relieve from
  • Verb Form
    ridded    ridden    ridding    rids   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    ridded    ridding    ride   
    Hyponym
    clear    cleanse    relieve    smooth    disinfest    smooth out    disembody   
    Form
    get rid of   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    free    clear    disencumber    destroy    dispatch    finish   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cid    Kid    Kidd    Kyd    Madrid    Sid    Syd    amid    bid    counterbid   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aware    afraid    most    spite    plenty    handful    full    devoid    trace    absence