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Traditional English :: riddance
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riddig.html - n. the act of getting rid of something. good riddance welcome relief from an unwanted person or thing. |
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Traditional English :: ridden
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riddig.html - past part. of RIDE. |
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Traditional English :: riddle(1)
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riddig.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a question or statement testing ingenuity in divining its answer or meaning.
2 a puzzling fact or thing or person. --v. 1 intr. speak in or propound riddles.
2 tr. solve or explain (a riddle). riddler n. [OE ródels, ródelse opinion, riddle, rel. to READ] |
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Traditional English :: riddle(2)
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riddig.html - v. & n. --v.tr. (usu. foll. by with)
1 make many holes in, esp. with gunshot.
2 (in passive) fill; spread through; permeate (was riddled with errors).
3 pass through a riddle. --n. a coarse sieve. [OE hriddel, earlier hrider: cf. hridrian sift] |
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Traditional English :: riddling
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riddig.html - adj. expressed in riddles; puzzling. |
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English Idioms :: rid of
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riddig.html - 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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