The meaning of RID is to make free : relieve, disencumber. How to use rid in a sentence.
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Freeing someone from something unwanted is to rid them of it, whether it's ants in their kitchen or stress about their job. In the thirteenth century, rid meant "clear a space, set free, or save," from a Scandinavian root that's related to the Old Norse ryðja, "to clear land of obstructions."
RID meaning: 1. to not now have an unwanted or unpleasant task, object, or person: 2. to remove or throw away…. Learn more.
If you rid yourself of something you do not want, you take action so that you no longer have it or are no longer affected by it. Why couldn't he ever rid himself of those thoughts, those worries? [V pron-refl + of] ...the country's efforts to rid itself of poverty and hunger. [V pron-refl of n]
rid 1. 'get rid of' Rid is usually used in the expression get rid of. If you get rid of something or someone that you do not want, you take action so that you no longer have them. She bathed thoroughly to get rid of the last traces of make-up. We had to get rid of the director.
rid (third-person singular simple present rids, present participle ridding, simple past rid or ridded, past participle rid or ridded or (rare, nonstandard) ridden)
There are 16 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb rid, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.