ridding
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɪdɪŋ
Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]ridding
- present participle and gerund of rid
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English riddyng, reddyng, ryddyng, rudyng, from Old English hryding (“a clearing, a patch of cleared land”), equivalent to rid + -ing.
Noun
[edit]ridding
- (northern England) an area of land which has been cleared of trees, an assart
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- Rhymes:English/ɪdɪŋ
- English terms suffixed with -ing (participial)
- English non-lemma forms
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- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun)
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