rid

See also: riđ, rið, and řiď

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɪd/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪd

Etymology 1

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”), Dutch redden (“to save, deliver”),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.

Adjective

rid (not comparable) (not used attributively)

  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?"
Derived terms
Translations
References
  • “rid” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Etymology 2

Verb

rid

  1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of ride
    • William Makepeace Thackeray
      He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted.
    • 1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, 1985, p.67:
      "He would have rid that horse, too," pa says, "if I hadn't a stopped him. A durn spotted critter wilder than a catty-mount. A deliberate flouting of her and me."

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riːd/, [ʁiðˀ]

Verb

rid

  1. imperative of ride

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

rid

  1. imperative of ride

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

rid

  1. present tense of rida
  2. imperative of rida

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.
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