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RID

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: ridded    , ridding   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relieve from

Example:

Rid the house of pests

Synonyms:

disembarrass; free; rid

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rid"):

cleanse (purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins)

relieve (free from a burden, evil, or distress)

smooth; smooth out (free from obstructions)

clear (clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.)

disinfest (rid of vermin)

disembody (free from a body or physical form or reality)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody of something

Also:

rid of (do away with)

Derivation:

riddance (the act of removing or getting rid of something)

Credits

 Context examples: 

How do you get rid of them?

(Hazardous Waste, Environmental Protection Agency)

“Why,” I cried, “the squire's a gentleman. And besides, if we got rid of the others, we should want you to help work the vessel home.”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

These men have forced their way into my house, and I cannot get rid of them. Help me to put them out.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The worthless ones were to be got rid of, and, since dogs count for little against dollars, they were to be sold.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

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.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I took uneasiness with me, and there was no getting rid of it till I was in Mansfield again.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Your body has no natural way to get rid of the extra iron. It stores it in body tissues, especially the liver, heart, and pancreas.

(Hemochromatosis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

It also helps get rid of toxic substances.

(Metabolite, NCI Dictionary)

Metabolism also helps get rid of toxic substances.

(Intermediary Metabolic Process, NCI Dictionary)