Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To tear; break; rend; strike.
- To make an incision in the ground, with a spade or other instrument, as a line of direction for future delving or digging; rip; scratch; cut.
- noun A slight incision made in the ground, as with a spade; a scratch made on a board, etc.
- To dry (hemp or flax).
- A Middle English form of the third person singular present indicative of ride (contracted from
rideth ). - noun Abbreviations of ritardando.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 3d pers. sing. pres. of
ride , contracted fromrideth .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- abbreviation
ritardando
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective gradually decreasing in tempo
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Examples
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"Blue is my fav'rit 'colour," ses old Sam, in a tender voice.
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"Blue is my fav'rit 'colour," ses old Sam, in a tender voice.
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Of course, everybody wondered at that, and grieved too, for Maaster Roger wur a fav'rit 'with us all.
Roger Trewinion Joseph Hocking 1898
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These Brightonian B (rit) - boys perform 'indie-hop', rapping wittily and cheekily over samples of Lily Allen and Arctic Monkeys
Rizzle Kicks (No 890) Paul Lester 2010
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It is a wool Karastan, good quality and soft to the feet … I had a packet of rit dye that I bought years ago but never used in a blue jean colour, but added another packet to make the colour deeper.
Use Dye To Breathe Life Into An Old Rug | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I get rit of unwanted pests that they might have, and I thank them and offer them a pop or food.
If a landowner gives me permission to hunt I give him a gift. 2009
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I get rit of unwanted pests that they might have, and I thank them and offer them a pop or food.
If a landowner gives me permission to hunt I give him a gift. 2009
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Whenever I start to wear out a pair of khaki pants I buy two boxes of rit dye (Forest Green and Brown).
make your own camo 2009
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Putting that thought into action is Paul McCartney, the candid and charming subject of the vérité documentary The Love We Make 9/8c, in which veteran filmmaker Albert Maysles follows the former Beatle around New York in the days after the attacks, as he spreads cheer to fans while organizing an all-star "Concert for New York City" in Madison Square Garden several weeks later.
Matt's Guide to Weekend TV: Torchwood and HBO Finales, Plus 9/11 Programming 2011
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Amid gritty v é rit é details, Mr. Tapa follows the hawk-nosed Dilawar Mohamad Imran Tapa, a sympathetic 17-year-old pickpocket whose scuffling life stifles dreams of escape.
Chewing on Love and Loss Steve Dollar 2011
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