Crossword clues for ridding
ridding
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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["a]dda, and perhaps to Skr. ?rath to loosen.]
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To save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of. [Obs.]
Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
--Ps. lxxxii. 4. -
To free; to clear; to disencumber; -- followed by of. ``Rid all the sea of pirates.''
--Shak.In never ridded myself of an overmastering and brooding sense of some great calamity traveling toward me.
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To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy. [Obs.]
I will red evil beasts out of the land.
--Lev. xxvi. 6.Death's men, you have rid this sweet young prince!
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To get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish. [R.] ``Willingness rids way.''
--Shak.Mirth will make us rid ground faster than if thieves were at our tails.
--J. 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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of rid English)
WordNet
v. relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests" [syn: free, disembarrass]
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Usage examples of "ridding".
All the while his gaze hotly devoured Danielle, who worked just as intently on ridding herself of her clothing.
The parasites tried to hide or run from the white light of his healing spirit, but he was relentless, ridding her body of every single one, taking more time than they comfortably had to ensure her bloodstream and her every cell were free of the microorganisms.
And so he welcomed the transaction which Mathieu proposed to him, in the hope that the young man would end by ridding him of the whole of that unprofitable estate should his first experiment prove successful.