# ridding

Pronunciation: say "RID-ing" /ˈɹɪdɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of rid. — present participle and gerund of rid
   - Simple: Present participle of rid. Use this form when the clearing or removing is happening right now.
   - _The new mayor focused on ridding the city of corruption._
   - _Ridding the fields of weeds took the farmers most of the summer._

## Noun

2. A tract of former woodland that has been cleared of its trees. *(dialectal, England, Northern)*
   - Simple: A piece of land that people have cleared of trees.
   - _Each ridding carved from the woodland was carefully marked in the manor's records._
   - _The settlers turned the broad ridding into wheat fields within a single season._

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