English-Thai Dictionary

rid

ADJ ขจัด ออก ไป  ka-jad-ook-pai

 

rid

VT ขจัด  กำจัด  ทำให้ หมด ไป  clear disburden relieve ka-jad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RID

pret.of ride.

 

RID

v.t. pret.rid; pp. id. 1. To free; to deliver; properly, to separate, and thus to deliver or save.
That he might rid him out of their hands. Genesis 37:22.
I will rid you out of their bondage. Exodus 6:6.
2. To separate; to drive away.
I will rid evil beasts out of the land. Leviticus 26:6.
[This use is not common. ]
3. To free; to clear; to disencumber; as, to rid one of his care. It is not easy to rid the sea of pirates.
Resolv'd at once to rid himself of pain.
4. To dispatch.
For willingness rids away.
5. To drive away; to remove by violence; to destroy.
Ah death's men! you have rid this sweet young prince.

 

RID

pp. or a.Free; clear; as, to be rid of trouble. To get rid of, to free one's self.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RID

RID Rid,

 

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i. [Archaic ] He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted. Thackeray.

 

RID

Rid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rid or Ridded; p. pr. & vb. n. Ridding. ]Etym: [OE. ridden, redden, AS. hreddan to deliver, liberate; akin to D. & LG. redden, G. retten, Dan. redde, Sw. rädda, and perhaps to Skr. to loosen. ]

 

1. 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.

 

2. 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. De Quincey.

 

3. 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! Shak.

 

4. 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rid

rid |rid rɪd | ▶verb ( rids, ridding ; past and past participle rid or archaic ridded ) [ with obj. ] (rid someone /something of ) make someone or something free of (a troublesome or unwanted person or thing ): we now have the greatest chance ever to rid the world of nuclear weapons. • (be rid of ) be freed or relieved from: she couldn't wait to be rid of us. PHRASES be well rid of be in a better state for having removed or disposed of (a troublesome or unwanted person or thing ). get rid of take action so as to be free of (a troublesome or unwanted person or thing ).ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse rythja. The original sense ‘to clear ’ described clearing land of trees and undergrowth; this gave rise to ‘free from refuse or encumbrances, ’ later becoming generalized.

 

Oxford Dictionary

rid

rid |rɪd | ▶verb ( rids, ridding; past and past participle rid or archaic ridded ) [ with obj. ] (rid someone /thing of ) make someone or something free of (an unwanted person or thing ): boil the peel to rid it of bitterness. • (be rid of ) be freed or relieved of: she couldn't wait to be rid of us. PHRASES be well rid of be in a better state for having removed (a troublesome or unwanted person or thing ). get rid of take action so as to be free of (a troublesome or unwanted person or thing ).ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse rythja. The original sense ‘to clear ’ described clearing land of trees and undergrowth; this gave rise to ‘free from rubbish or encumbrances ’, later becoming generalized.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

rid

rid verb it took them three weeks to rid the building of the infestation: clear, free, purge, empty, strip. PHRASES get rid of 1 we must get rid of some stuff: dispose of, throw away, throw out, clear out, discard, scrap, dump, jettison, divest oneself of; informal chuck, ditch, junk, trash, deep-six. 2 the cats got rid of the rats: destroy, eliminate, annihilate, obliterate, wipe out, kill.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

rid

rid verb they had rid the building of all asbestos: clear, free, make free, cleanse, purge, purify, empty, strip, scour, void, relieve, deliver. PHRASES get rid of 1 we'll have to get rid of some of our stuff: dispose of, do away with, throw away, throw out, toss out, clear out, discard, scrap, remove, dispense with, lose, dump, bin, unload, jettison, dismiss, expel, eject, weed out, root out; informal chuck (away ), ditch, junk, get shut of; Brit. informal get shot of, see the back of; N. Amer. informal shuck off. 2 hawks were introduced to get rid of the rats: destroy, abolish, eliminate, banish, annihilate, obliterate, wipe out, kill; N. Amer. informal nuke.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

rid

rid /rɪd /〖語源は 「樹木を切って土地を切り開く 」〗形容詞 〖be ～ of A 〗A 〈不愉快な人 物 〉が (い )なくなって ▸ They are glad to be [｟英 ｠well ] rid of the tyrant .彼らはその独裁者がいなくなって喜んでいる g è t r í d of A A 〈いらない物 〉を捨てる, 廃棄する ; A 〈不快な物 事など 〉を取り除く, 除去する ; A 〈(好まない )人など 〉を追い払う ; A 〈不快な状況など 〉を免れる, 脱する ▸ get rid of the rats ネズミを駆除する ▸ Get rid of him for me, will you? 彼を追い払ってくださいませんか w à nt r í d of A A 〈物 〉を取り払いたい, A 〈人 〉にいなくなって欲しい .動詞 ～s /-dz /; ～, ｟古 ｠～ded /-ɪd /; ～ding 他動詞 1 ｟書 ｠〖rid A of B 〗A 〈場所 組織 人など 〉から B 〈望ましくない物 人など 〉を取り除く , 免れさせる , 除去する ▸ The dentist rid him of his pain by taking out the tooth .歯医者は歯を抜いて彼の痛みをとってやった 2 ｟かたく ｠〖～ oneself of A 〗A 〈好まない物 〉を取り除く , 免れる , 脱する ▸ I can't rid myself of the habit .私はその癖が直らない