'RID' definitions:
Definition of 'rid'
(from WordNet)
verb
Relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" [syn: rid, free, disembarrass]
Definition of 'Rid'
From: GCIDE
- Rid \Rid\, imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rid'
From: GCIDE
- Rid \Rid\, v. 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. r[aum]dda, and perhaps to Skr. ?rath to loosen.]
- 1. To save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand of the wicked. --Ps. lxxxii. 4. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To free; to clear; to disencumber; -- followed by of. "Rid all the sea of pirates." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- In never ridded myself of an overmastering and brooding sense of some great calamity traveling toward me. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I will red evil beasts out of the land. --Lev. xxvi. 6. [1913 Webster]
- Death's men, you have rid this sweet young prince! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish. [R.] "Willingness rids way." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Mirth will make us rid ground faster than if thieves were at our tails. --J. Webster. [1913 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rid'
From: GCIDE
- Rid \Rid\, v. 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. r[aum]dda, and perhaps to Skr. ?rath to loosen.]
- 1. To save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand of the wicked. --Ps. lxxxii. 4. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To free; to clear; to disencumber; -- followed by of. "Rid all the sea of pirates." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- In never ridded myself of an overmastering and brooding sense of some great calamity traveling toward me. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I will red evil beasts out of the land. --Lev. xxvi. 6. [1913 Webster]
- Death's men, you have rid this sweet young prince! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish. [R.] "Willingness rids way." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Mirth will make us rid ground faster than if thieves were at our tails. --J. Webster. [1913 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rid'
From: GCIDE
- Ride \Ride\, v. i. [imp. Rode (r[=o]d) (Rid [r[i^]d], archaic); p. p. Ridden(Rid, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. Riding.] [AS. r[imac]dan; akin to LG. riden, D. rijden, G. reiten, OHG. r[imac]tan, Icel. r[imac][eth]a, Sw. rida, Dan. ride; cf. L. raeda a carriage, which is from a Celtic word. Cf. Road.]
- 1. To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse. [1913 Webster]
- To-morrow, when ye riden by the way. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below. [1913 Webster]
- The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie. [1913 Webster]
- Men once walked where ships at anchor ride. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To be supported in motion; to rest. [1913 Webster]
- Strong as the exletree On which heaven rides. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- On whose foolish honesty My practices ride easy! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To manage a horse, as an equestrian. [1913 Webster]
- He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast. [1913 Webster]
- To ride easy (Naut.), to lie at anchor without violent pitching or straining at the cables.
- To ride hard (Naut.), to pitch violently.
- To ride out. (a) To go upon a military expedition. [Obs.] --Chaucer. (b) To ride in the open air. [Colloq.]
- To ride to hounds, to ride behind, and near to, the hounds in hunting. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Drive.
- Usage: Ride, Drive. Ride originally meant (and is so used throughout the English Bible) to be carried on horseback or in a vehicle of any kind. At present in England, drive is the word applied in most cases to progress in a carriage; as, a drive around the park, etc.; while ride is appropriated to progress on a horse. Johnson seems to sanction this distinction by giving "to travel on horseback" as the leading sense of ride; though he adds "to travel in a vehicle" as a secondary sense. This latter use of the word still occurs to some extent; as, the queen rides to Parliament in her coach of state; to ride in an omnibus. [1913 Webster]
- "Will you ride over or drive?" said Lord Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning. --W. Black. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rid'
From: GCIDE
- Ride \Ride\, v. i. [imp. Rode (r[=o]d) (Rid [r[i^]d], archaic); p. p. Ridden(Rid, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. Riding.] [AS. r[imac]dan; akin to LG. riden, D. rijden, G. reiten, OHG. r[imac]tan, Icel. r[imac][eth]a, Sw. rida, Dan. ride; cf. L. raeda a carriage, which is from a Celtic word. Cf. Road.]
- 1. To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse. [1913 Webster]
- To-morrow, when ye riden by the way. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below. [1913 Webster]
- The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie. [1913 Webster]
- Men once walked where ships at anchor ride. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To be supported in motion; to rest. [1913 Webster]
- Strong as the exletree On which heaven rides. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- On whose foolish honesty My practices ride easy! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To manage a horse, as an equestrian. [1913 Webster]
- He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast. [1913 Webster]
- To ride easy (Naut.), to lie at anchor without violent pitching or straining at the cables.
- To ride hard (Naut.), to pitch violently.
- To ride out. (a) To go upon a military expedition. [Obs.] --Chaucer. (b) To ride in the open air. [Colloq.]
- To ride to hounds, to ride behind, and near to, the hounds in hunting. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Drive.
- Usage: Ride, Drive. Ride originally meant (and is so used throughout the English Bible) to be carried on horseback or in a vehicle of any kind. At present in England, drive is the word applied in most cases to progress in a carriage; as, a drive around the park, etc.; while ride is appropriated to progress on a horse. Johnson seems to sanction this distinction by giving "to travel on horseback" as the leading sense of ride; though he adds "to travel in a vehicle" as a secondary sense. This latter use of the word still occurs to some extent; as, the queen rides to Parliament in her coach of state; to ride in an omnibus. [1913 Webster]
- "Will you ride over or drive?" said Lord Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning. --W. Black. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abjure,
- abolish,
- abstract,
- assassinate,
- cast,
- cast aside,
- cast away,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- cede,
- chuck,
- clear,
- clear away,
- clear out,
- clear the decks,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- cut short,
- deep-six,
- deport,
- discard,
- disgorge,
- dispel,
- dispense with,
- dispose of,
- ditch,
- do away with,
- do without,
- drop,
- dump,
- eighty-six,
- eject,
- elide,
- eliminate,
- end,
- eradicate,
- escape,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expel,
- exterminate,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- finish,
- finish off,
- fling off,
- forgo,
- forswear,
- free,
- get along without,
- get clear of,
- get free of,
- get out of,
- get quit of,
- get rid of,
- get shut of,
- give away,
- give up,
- have done with,
- jettison,
- jilt,
- kill,
- kiss good-bye,
- liberate,
- liquidate,
- lose,
- make a sacrifice,
- make away with,
- murder,
- nip,
- outlaw,
- part with,
- pick out,
- purge,
- put paid to,
- quitclaim,
- recant,
- reject,
- release,
- relinquish,
- remove,
- render up,
- renounce,
- resign,
- retract,
- root out,
- root up,
- sacrifice,
- shake off,
- shoo,
- slaughter,
- slough,
- spare,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- surrender,
- swear off,
- take off,
- throw away,
- throw off,
- throw out,
- throw over,
- throw overboard,
- throw up,
- to,
- toss overboard,
- unburden,
- uproot,
- vacate,
- waive,
- weed out,
- yield
Acronyms for 'rid'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Relative IDentifier (AD, SID, ACL)