| 单词 | to rid ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rid ground (also space) a. to rid ground (also space): to cover ground, to move ahead, to make progress. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] wadeOE agoOE forthganga1000 forthgoOE syeOE kenc1275 to-stepc1275 vaunce1303 forthnima1325 passc1330 throc1330 forthpass1382 to pass forthc1384 to carry forthc1390 proceedc1392 to go alongc1400 to be forthwardc1430 get) groundc1436 to set onc1450 avauntc1460 pretend1481 to make way1490 advance?1507 to get forward1523 promove1570 to rid ground (also space)1572 to rid (the) way1581 progressa1586 to gather grounda1593 to make forth1594 to make on1597 to work up1603 perge1607 to work one's (also its) way1609 to pass on1611 to gain ground1625 to make its way1645 vadea1660 propagate1700 to gain one's way1777 further1789 to pull up1829 on1840 to make (up) ground1921 1572 T. Twyne tr. Dionysius Periegetes Surueye World sig. E.iiij The riuer Tigris floweth forth..incomparable swifte. For it runneth so fast, that in one day it riddeth so much grounde, as any swifte man is able to runne ouer in seuen. 1584 G. Peele Araygnem. Paris iii. iii. sig. Ciij My game is quick, and rids a length of grounde. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxv. xxx. 905 The way was such, as that an armie..might hardly..rid any ground. 1608 Bp. J. King Serm. St. Maries Oxf. 16 Much like the Mariners [life] at sea, that is tossed vp and downe, and riddeth little space. 1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 160 Thus the Christian rids but little ground, because he must go his weak bodies pace. 1754 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 20 July (1967) III. 62 Because (in the Jockey Phrase) it rids ground; that is, covers a certain Quantity of Paper. 1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (1786) 293 The beast..kept on an even and steady course, which..nevertheless rid a great deal of ground. < as lemmas |
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