rid

rid is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

rid

[change] Verb

Plain form
rid

Third person singular
rids

Simple past
rid

Past participle
rid

Present participle
ridding

(transitive & intransitive) When you rid a thing, you free it of something not wanted.

If you rid the house of a bad smell, you can close the window.

Yesterday, I rid the town of the bad men.