rid
Chiefly of a place: which has been ridded or clearedChiefly of a place: which has been ridded (etymology 1, verb sense 1.4.1) or cleared; rid-up.
» I want to get rid of it.
Ich will es loswerden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Я хочу избавиться от этого. — nami
Я хочу от него избавиться. — marafon
Я хочу от неё избавиться. — marafon
Я хочу позбутися від цього. — rmdas
Я хочу його позбутися. — rmdas
Я хочу її позбутися. — rmdas
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3 senses(archaic, not comparable, obsolete)Chiefly of a place: which has been ridded (etymology 1, verb sense 1.4.1) or cleared; rid-up.
(Northern England, archaic, not comparable, obsolete)As the second word in a compound: synonym of ridden (“full of; also, dominated, oppressed, or plagued by”).
(Northern England, archaic, not comparable, obsolete, postpositional)Only in well-rid: of a horse: ridden.
Examples
705 sentencesI want to get rid of it.
Я хочу позбутися від цього. — rmdas
ruЯ хочу избавиться от этого. — nami
deIch will es loswerden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
We need to get rid of Tom.
Нам потрібно позбавитися Тома. — deniko
ruНам надо избавиться от Тома. — sharptoothed
How can I get rid of Tom?
Як мені позбавитись Тома? — rmdas
ruКак мне избавиться от Тома? — odexed
Tom got rid of all the books.
Том позбавився всіх книжок. — deniko
deTom entledigte sich all der Bücher. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It isn't easy to get rid of a bad habit.
Позбавитися від поганої звички - це непросто. — deniko
ruИзбавиться от вредной привычки непросто. — marafon
Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English ridden (“to remove debris, obstructions, etc., froThe verb is derived from Middle English ridden (“to remove debris, obstructions, etc., from (a place), to clear; to complete (something unfinished); to free (someone or something); to relieve (someone); etc.”), probably from Old English *ryddan (“to remove debris, obstructions, etc., from (a place), to clear”) (the past participle form ġeryd is attested), from Proto-Germanic *riudijaną (“to clear”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewdʰ- (“to clear land”), or possibly from *Hrew- (“to dig out, tear out; to open; to acquire”). The verb was probably also influenced by the following:
The adjective is derived from rid, the obsolete past participle form of ride.
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