Rid

Definition: Rid

Rid

Adjective

1. (usually followed by `of') released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty); "quit of all further responsibility for their safety"; "well rid of him".

Verb

1. Relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "rid" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Mining

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Synonyms: Rid

Abrogation

Dismiss, discard; cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out of doors, cast aside, cast away; send off, send away, send packing, send about one's business; discharge, get rid of; (eject); bounce; fire, fire out; sack.

Deliverance

Verb: deliver, extricate, rescue, save, emancipate, redeem, ransom; bring off,bring through; tirer d'affaire, get the wheel out of the rut, snatch from the jaws of death, come to the rescue; rid; retrieve; (restore); be rid of, get rid of.

Ejection

Embowel, disbowel, disembowel; eviscerate, gut; unearth, root out, root up; averuncate; weed out, get out; eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off; exenterate.

Liberation

Gain one's liberty, obtain one's liberty, acquire one's liberty; get rid of, get clear of; deliver oneself from; shake off the yoke, slip the collar; break loose, break prison; tear asunder one's bonds, cast off trammels; escape.

Loss

Shorn of, deprived of; denuded, bereaved, bereft, minus, cut off; dispossessed; rid of, quit of; out of pocket.

Get rid of; waste.

Relinquishment

Rid oneself of, disburden oneself of, divest oneself of, dispossess oneself of; wash one's hands of.

Give notice to quit, give warning; supersede; be rid of, get rid of, be quit of, get quit of; eject.

Resignation

Abrogate; desert; (relinquish); get rid of.

Simpleness

Sift, winnow, bolt, eliminate; exclude, get rid of; clear; purify; (clean); disentangle; (disjoin).

Crosswords: Rid

Romanian (furrow, line, wrinkle).

You get rid of it. (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

You'll never get rid of me again (Notorious; writing credit: Ben Hecht)

Throw yourself in next time, and rid us of your stupidity (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

There is not one of us who would not gladly suffer death to rid this country of the Romans once and for all. (Life of Brian; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

You'd better get rid of that gun, unless you haven't got the guts, and if you don't, you'd better hang on to it (On the Waterfront; writing credit: Malcolm Johnson; Budd Schulberg)

How do you rid the sweat (Insensitive; performing artist: Jann Arden)

Brought in weed, got rid of that dirt for them (Izzo (H.O.V.A.); performing artist: Jay-Z)

Got rid of my fears that were holding me (Feelin' So Good; performing artist: Jennifer Lopez)

To rid me of fear (Life In Black; performing artist: LFO)

Work that tip, get rid of evidence, move that brick (Saturday (Oooh! Oooh!); performing artist: Ludacris)

Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. (references; author: unknown)

We could accomplish a lot more if we'd get rid of our ifs and ands and get off our butts. (references; author: unknown)

A twofold national problem is how to preserve the wilderness in the country and get rid of the jungle in the cities. (references; author: unknown)

Rid i natt! (1942)

Getting Rid of His Mother-in-Law (1914)

Rid i natt! (1985)

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Books

• How to Get Rid of Wrinkles in 5 to 10 Minutes a Day (reference)

• Nature's Prozac: Natural Therapies and Techniques to Rid Yourself of Anxiety, Depression, Panic Attacks, & Stress (reference)

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Periodicals

• Rid Rivista Italiana Difesa (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Clutterology Getting Rid of Clutter and Getting Organized (reference)

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Music

• Rid of Me (reference)

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A well-directed volley at this time might have rid Spain of the fiery old guerilla. Credit: Library of Congress.

Senator Tom Connally gets rid of opposition to the United Nations Charter. Credit: Library of Congress.

If you want me to agree to short race you've got to get rid of that jockey. Credit: Library of Congress.

News note: a Seattle man suggests electrical plan to rid city of starlings before Hoover inauguration / Berryman. Credit: Library of Congress.

A convienant [i.e. conveniant] way to get rid of them. Credit: Library of Congress.

What every husband knows. Joe, I really don't believe I'll ever get rid of an ... Credit: Library of Congress.

That pup. Don't tell Junior, mamma! I'm going to get rid of this mutt! No more night ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Bringing up father. "Every exterminator in town is busy, so I guess it's up to me to git rid of these pesky ants!!". Credit: Library of Congress.

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And thus the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themselves from the attempts and designs of any body, even of their legislators, whenever they shall be so foolish, or so wicked, as to lay and carry on designs against the liberties and properties of the subject: for no man or society of men, having a power to deliver up their preservation, or consequently the means of it, to the absolute will and arbitrary dominion of another; when ever any one shall go about to bring them into such a slavish condition, they will always have a right to preserve, what they have not a power to part with; and to rid themselves of those, who invade this fundamental, sacred, and unalterable law of self-preservation, for which they entered into society. (Second Treatise of Government)

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We know, on the contrary, that he has so much of both, that he is glad to get rid of them at the idlest haunts in the kingdom

So, on the whole, he was rather glad to get rid of them

In his haste to return to the barricade, he had got rid of it rather than delivered it.

He left the stage quickly and rid himself of his mummery and passed out through the chapel into the college garden

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Health

Brushing and flossing help get rid of plaque. (references)

Another genetic defect prevents immune cells from getting rid of toxic chemicals. (references)

Avoid using petroleum jelly, which is difficult for the body to get rid of and increases the risk of infection. (references)

Business

Specialty store chains for bedding products and mattrasses include Betten Rid, Betten Blecher, Concord, Betten Zelekens. (references)

President Hugo Chavez this past June 2000 was reaffirmed with 60 percent of the polls on a popular platform that promised to rid the government of deep-seated corruption. (references)

Those owners who get rid of their cars are entitled to receive a lump-sum benefit under the "Preferential Additional Registration Fee (PARF)" plan introduced on December 31, 1975. The sum, determined by engine capacity, may be used to offset the registration fee of a new car, but it is not applicable to cars previously registered outside Singapore. (references)

Economic History

Greece

In the 19th century, after Greece's War of Independence, an effort was made to rid the language of Turkish and Arabic words and expressions. (references)

South Africa

Over the last 12 months, the Tanzanian government has continued its efforts to rid itself of its unwieldy and unprofitable state-owned enterprises. (references)

Burma

To get rid of the backlog, the university school year has been reduced to three weeks of class and three weeks of exams, which are apparently readily available for sale. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "rid": be rid of ♦ get rid ♦ get rid of ♦ get rid of it! ♦ get rid of nasty smells ♦ get rid of smb. ♦ get rid of smth. ♦ get rid off ♦ rid of ♦ rid oneself of ♦ To be rid of ♦ to get rid of. Additional references.

Beginning with "rid": rid-calf-length.

Afrikaans

afwerp (afford, bear, cast, cast off, fling, fling off, get, get rid of, produce, shed, throw off), afskaf (abolish, abrogate, dispense with, do away with, get, get rid of, remove), afruim (dispense with, do away with, get, get rid of, remove). (various references)

Albanian

shpëtoj (bring off, bring through, carry through, creep out, deliver, elude, escape, extricate, flee, get away, get off the hook, get out, get rid, get rid of, heal, preserve, rescue, salvage, save, skip, spare), çliroj (affranchise, cast off, deliver, disembarrass, disengage, disentangle, disenthrall, emancipate, evolve, extricate, heal, liberate, lighten, ransom, release, relieve, rescue, set at large, set free, set loose, unbend, unfetter, unpeg). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حرر (cast off, clear, decontrol, deliver, detach, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, free, grant freedom, liberate, manumit, open, phrase, redact, redeem, release, rescue, set at large, set free, set loose, subedit, unchain, uncork, unleash, unlock, unstitch), ‏تخلص من (clear off, disembarrass, disengage, disposal, dispose of, ditch, do dispose of, doff, drown, elimination, escape, exorcise, exorcize, free, get out of, get rid of, jettison, liquidate, mop up, outgrow, polish up, put off, scrap, sell up, shake, shake off, slough, turn, turn off, weed, weed out, work off), ‏طهر (circumcise, decontaminate, depurate, disinfect, exorcise, exorcize, mop up, pureness, purge, purify, sanitize, scour, show, sterilize, sweeten), ‏خلص ينقذ (extricate, redeem, save, set at large), ‏أزال (abstract, assuage, ax, axe, bulldoze, clear, clear away, declassify, dismantle, dispel, eliminate, enucleate, eviscerate, excise, obliterate, preclude, put aside, relieve, remove, rest, retrench, rub, rub out, settle, slip, smooth, stave off, suppress, take away). (various references)

Bulgarian 

очиствам (break, chastise, clean, cleanse, clear, depurate, deterge, do in, flick, polish off, pop off, purge, purify, push off, remove, rub out, wipe out), отървавам (bring off, extricate), премахвам (cut out, delete, do away, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, kill, level, make away with, obviate, put down, remove, rip out, smooth, undo), избавям (bring off, deliver, extricate, redeem, rescue, retrieve, save). (various references)

Chinese 

赶走 (Ridded, Ridding). (various references)

Czech

zbavit (acquit, avoid, deliver, deprive, divest, release, relieve). (various references)

Danish

vatfilter i en holder af fortinnet plade tjener til at fjerne urenheder fra maelken (cotton filters in tinplate housings to rid the milk of impurities), fjerne (dispense with, do away with, get rid of, remove), afskaffe (abolish, abrogate, dispense with, do away with, get rid of, remove). (various references)

Dutch

afhelpen (help down, help off, release). (various references)

Esperanto

malembarasi. (various references)

Faeroese

beina burtur (dispense with, do away with, get rid of, put away, remove, store, throw away, turn away). (various references)

Farsi 

پاک کردن از, خلاص کردن , رهانیدن از. (various references)

Finnish

vapauttaa (deliver, exempt, free, liberate, release, relieve, set free). (various references)

French

débarrasser (get rid of). (various references)

Frisian

ôfhelpe. (various references)

German

säubern von, loswerden (dispose of, get away from, get out of smb.'s mind, get rid of, lose, rid oneself of, ridded, shake off, shed, shift, shut out, spend, throw off, to get rid of, work off), befreien von, befreien (absolve, affranchise, deliver, disabuse, dispense, emancipate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, extricate, free, lib, liberate, loose, loosen, purge, release, relieve, rescue, set free, to enfranchise, to extricate, to relieve, unbind, unclog, unfetter, unshackle). (various references)

Greek 

απαλλάσσω (absolve, acquit, deliver, excuse, exempt, exonerate, extricate, relieve). (various references)

Hebrew 

לשחרר (cast loose, deactivate, discharge, free, let off, liberate, release, set at large, set free, set loose), להסיר (abstract, annul, eliminate, put aside, remove, shed, shuffle off, strip, take away, take out), לטהר (cleanse, clear, exonerate, make clean, purge, purify). (various references)

Hungarian

megszabadít (disburden, disentangle, exonerate, liberate, quit, rescue, set free, set loose, to disencumber, to disentangle, to exonerate, to extricate, to liberate, to quit, to rescue, to rid, to unburden, to unloose, to weed, to weed out, unfetter). (various references)

Indonesian

membersihkan (clean up, purgative, purification). (various references)

Italian

sbarazzare (clear, disencumber, get rid), liberare (clear, deliver, disengage, ease, enfranchise, free, get rid, liberate, loose, release, rescue, unbind, vacate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

除去　 (getting rid of, removal), 除去 (getting rid of, removal), 虫封じ (incantation to rid a child of worms), 祭り込む (to place an obnoxious person in an out-of-the-way post to be rid of him or her), 無くす (to get rid of, to lose something), 消し去る (to erase, to get rid of), 撥ね除ける (to brush or thrust aside, to get rid of, to remove), 免れる (to avert, to avoid, to be exempted, to be relieved from pain, to be rescued from, to elude, to escape from, to evade, to get rid of). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

なくす (to get rid of, to lose something), まぬがれる (to avert, to avoid, to be exempted, to be relieved from pain, to be rescued from, to elude, to escape from, to evade, to get rid of), まぬかれる (to avert, to avoid, to be exempted, to be relieved from pain, to be rescued from, to elude, to escape from, to evade, to get rid of), まつりこむ (to place an obnoxious person in an out-of-the-way post to be rid of him or her), むしふうじ (incantation to rid a child of worms), けしさる (to erase, to get rid of), じょきょ (getting rid of, removal), はねのける (to brush or thrust aside, to get rid of, to push aside, to remove). (various references)

Korean 

면하게 하는 (Ridded). (various references)

Manx

glenney (act of vindication, chip, clarification, clarification honey, clarify, clean, cleaner, clearance; glass, discharge, draw, draw as fowl, dust, expurgate, freshen, grub, pay off, purge, purification, purify, satisfaction, scale, scavenge, settlement, sink, try out, try out as metal, weed, wipe), geddyn rey rish (choke off, dispose), cur fo chosh (get under, overwhelm, reduce, subdue, suppress, suppression). (various references)

Pig Latin

idray.(various references)

Portuguese

desembaraçar (discharge, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, free, let go, tousle, untangle). (various references)

Romanian

suprima (abolish, abrogate, discontinue, eliminate, make an end of, remove, repeal, retrench, scotch, supersede, suppress), scãpa (acquit, break free, deliver, discharge, disembarrass, dodge, drop, escape, fail, filter, fly off, get free, get out of, jettison, leak, let slip, loose, loosen, Miss, obviate, omit, pass up, purge, put back, release, relieve, rescue, save, slip), elibera (clear, clear out, deliver, discharge, disengage, emancipate, enfranchise, exonerate, free, give, issue, liberate, make out, manumit, privilege, ransom, release, remand, remit, rescue, unbind, unchain, unfetter, unhand, unshackle, vacate), curãţa (brush, brush up, burnish, clean, cleanse, clear, demolish, do, dredge, dress, dust, furbish, Gill, grub, mop, mop up, pick, purge, purify, refine, rinse, scavenge, scoop, scour, scrub, skin, trim, wash, wipe). (various references)

Russian 

освобождать;избавлять, освобождать (absolve, acquit, affranchise, clear, deallocate, deliver, disembarrass, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, excuse, exonerate, free up, let out, liberate, loosing, make free, make room, manumit, release, relieve, relinquish, set at large, set free, unallocate, unbind, unchain, unfetter, uninstall, unshackle, vacate, vacated, vacating, vocate), избавлять (deliver, disembarrass, get rid, release, save, spare). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

otresti (knock down, shake, shake down, shake off, whisk), otarasiti se (brush off, free, get rid, jettison, offload, palm off), osloboditi (absolve, acquit, affranchise, deliver, disembarrass, disengage, exculpate, exempt, free, let loose, let off, liberate, make free, release, relieve, set free, unbind, unleash, unloose, unyoke, vindicate), lišiti (abridge, cut off, deny, deprave, deprive, divest, free, rob, strip). (various references)

Spanish

librar (disengage, extricate, fight, put up, rescue, unchain, wage). (various references)

Swedish

bort (away, forth, hence, off, out), befria (affranchise, deliver, discharge, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, dispense, emancipate, enfranchise, exempt, exonerate, extricate, free, liberate, release, set free, spring, unbind). (various references)

Thai

ขจัดออกไป, ขจัด (eliminate, fend off, free). (various references)

Turkish

temizlemek (bump off, clarify, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear, clear up, decontaminate, depurate, do, do out, erase, excise, expurgate, get rid of, give smth. a sweep, gut, houseclean, mop up, purge, purify, rub out, scavenge, swab down, sweep, swob down, tidy out, wipe away, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up), kurtulmuş (quit), kurtarmak (absolve, bail, bail out, bring off, bring through, clean up, clear, deliver, disabuse, disabuse of, disembarrass, disembody, disengage, extricate, free, get smb. out of a jam, help, keep from, liberate, pull through, recover, redeem, relieve, rescue, retrieve, retrieve from, salvage, salve, save, set free, tear away, unfetter, worry smb. out of smth.). (various references)

Turkmen 

sypmak (escape, get rid of, release), sabamak (diminish, get rid of, release), gowzalmak (decrease, get rid of). (various references)

Ukrainian

корчувати (stock), звільняти (absolve, acquit, affranchise, avoid, bag, cashier, clear, defecate, disband, disencumber, disengage, dismiss, ease, eject, emancipate, enfranchise, exempt, exonerate, free, let out, loose, manumit, purify, release, remit, rescue, set free, supersede, unfetter, unshackle, untie, vacate), прибирати (bedeck, char, clean up, deck, decorate, do out, put away, smarten, tidy). (various references)

Welsh

gwaredu (deliver, do away with, redeem, save). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "rid": ridable, riddance, riddances, ridded, ridden, ridder, ridders, ridding, riddle, riddled, riddler, riddlers, riddles, riddling, ride, rideable, rident, rider, riderless, riders, ridership, riderships, rides, ridge, ridged, ridgel, ridgeline, ridgelines, ridgeling, ridgelings, ridgels, ridgepole, ridgepoles, ridges, ridgier, ridgiest, ridgil, ridgils, ridging, ridgling, ridglings, ridgy, ridicule, ridiculed, ridiculer, ridiculers, ridicules, ridiculing, ridiculous, ridiculously, ridiculousness. (additional references)

Words ending with "rid": acarid, acrid, antherid, arid, ascarid, bedrid, bestrid, chlorid, clerid, colubrid, dihybrid, elaterid, ephemerid, eupatrid, eurypterid, florid, fluorid, geometrid, grid, horrid, hybrid, hydrid, hyperarid, irid, jerid, jerrid, lampyrid, leporid, lurid, monohybrid, multigrid, murid, nitrid, pagurid, polybrid, putrid, remorid, satyrid, sciurid, semiarid, silurid, sparid, subacrid, subarid, torrid, trihybrid, virid, viverrid. (additional references)

Words containing "rid": abridge, abridged, abridgement, abridgements, abridger, abridgers, abridges, abridging, abridgment, abridgments, acaridan, acaridans, acarids, acrider, acridest, acridine, acridines, acridities, acridity, acridly, acridness, acridnesses, anhydride, anhydrides, antheridia, antheridial, antheridium, antherids, antifluoridationist, antifluoridationists, arider, aridest, aridities, aridity, aridly, aridness, aridnesses, ascarides, ascarids, astride, bedridden, bestridden, bestride, bestrides, bestriding, boride, borides, borohydride, borohydrides, bourride, bourrides. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Rid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: crid, drid, eid, Eridu, frid, ird, Irh, irid, irq, irr, Irv, irx, irz, lrid, orid, qid, rad, Radc, Radd, radm, rald, rard, rawd, rdia, rdig, rdp, redd, reid, rfd, rfi, rhd, rhi, rhid, ri, riad, rida, ridd, ridda, Riddo, ridi, ridz, ried, rif, riid, riit, Rij, rik, rild, rimd, riod, riq, rir, rit, riu, riv, riw, rix, riy, riz, rmd, Roid, rsd, rtd, rud, rudd, rudu, rvd, ryc, Rydz, ryr, ryw, ryx, srid, uid, urid, wrid. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: id.

+1 letter: arid, bird, dire, dirk, dirl, dirt, drib, drip, gird, grid, ired, irid, raid, ride, rids, rind, yird.

+2 letters: acrid, aider, aired, aroid, bider, birds, braid, bride, caird, cider, cried, dairy, daric, deair, diary, dicer, diker, dimer, dinar, diner, direr, dirge, dirks, dirls, dirts, dirty, diver, drail, drain, dribs, dried, drier, dries, drift, drill, drily, drink, drips, dript, drive, droid, droit, druid, eider, fiord, fired, fried, girds, gride, grids, grind, hider, hired, idler, indri, irade, irids, irked, jerid, laird, liard, lidar, lurid, mired, murid, nadir, padri, pardi, pride, pried, rabid, radii, radio, radix, raids, ranid, rapid, rebid, redia, redid, redip, resid, riced, rider, rides, ridge, ridgy, rigid, riled, rimed, rinds, riped, rived, sired, third, tired, triad, tried, virid, weird, wider, wired, wried, yaird, yirds.