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  • 41rid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. free, disburden, disencumber. See ejection, liberation, loss. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. relieved, quit, delivered; see free 2 . • be rid of, Syn. be freed, be relieved of, evade, have done with;… …

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  • 42rid\ of — Free of; away from; without the care or trouble. The puppy is finally rid of worms. If I could be rid of the children for the day, I would go. I wish you d get rid of that cat! Compare: do away with, throw away(1), throw off(1) …

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  • 43rid — verb (rids, ridding; past and past participle rid or archaic ridded) (rid someone/thing of) make someone or something free of (an unwanted person or thing). ↘(be (or get) rid of) be freed or relieved of. Origin ME (orig. clear (land) ): from ON… …

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  • 44rid — rìd interj. kartojant žr. ridu: Katiliokas rid rid rid man po kojų rš …

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  • 45-rid — Monosaccharide Mon o*sac cha*ride, n. Also rid rid . [Mono + saccharide.] (Chem.) A simple sugar; any of a number of sugars (including the trioses, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, etc.), not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis. Specif.,… …

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  • 46Rid — Ride Ride, v. i. [imp. {Rode} (r[=o]d) ({Rid} [r[i^]d], archaic); p. p. {Ridden}({Rid}, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. {Riding}.] [AS. r[=i]dan; akin to LG. riden, D. rijden, G. reiten, OHG. r[=i]tan, Icel. r[=i][eth]a, Sw. rida, Dan. ride; cf. L.… …

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  • 47Rid — Ride Ride, v. i. [imp. {Rode} (r[=o]d) ({Rid} [r[i^]d], archaic); p. p. {Ridden}({Rid}, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. {Riding}.] [AS. r[=i]dan; akin to LG. riden, D. rijden, G. reiten, OHG. r[=i]tan, Icel. r[=i][eth]a, Sw. rida, Dan. ride; cf. L.… …

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  • 48-rid — Trisaccharide Tri*sac cha*ride, n. Also rid rid (Chem.) A complex sugar, as raffinose, yielding by hydrolysis three simple sugar molecules. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 49rid — 1. adjective /ˈrɪd/ released from an obligation, problem, etc. (usually followed by of ) I’m glad to be rid of that stupid nickname. 2. verb /ˈrɪd/ To free from something. Were trying to rid the world of poverty …

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  • 50rid — verb the aim was to rid the town of malaria Syn: clear, free, purge, empty, strip Phrases: get rid of …

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