טָרַד (b. h.; cmp. טרי) [to move, shake,] 1) to be running, to drip. Nidd. 49ᵇ היה טוֹרֵד וכ׳ if the liquid drips drop after drop. Bekh. 44ᵃ (עיניו) טוֹרְדוֹת running eyes (more than דלף); [Ar.: restless, constantly twinkling; oth. opin.: shutting with great trouble, v. infra). —2) (of waves) to carry. Tosef. Yeb. XIV, 5 שמא גל טורד אותו וכ׳ (v. ed. Zuck. note) perhaps a wave carries and lands him. Ib. טְרָדַנִי גל לחבירו one wave carried me to the other; (Y. ib. XVI, 15ᵈ top טרפני). —3) to make homeless, banish (cmp. טִלְטֵל). Lam. R. to I, 21 טְרָדָהּ חוץ וכ׳ he sent her out of the palace. Gen. R. s. 83 (play on מ̇הי̇טב̇אל בת מט̇ר̇ד̇) שהיו מט̇יב̇ין … ואח"כ טו̇רְדִין וכ׳ they dressed her for her husband and then led her away from her husband. Kidd. 31ᵃ וטוֹרְדוֹ מן העולם and drives him (his father) out of the world (makes him desperate). Midr. Till. to Ps. XXXI, beg. וט׳ אותם מן העולם and drove them into despair, a. fr.—3) to weary, make unsteady. Snh. 22ᵇ; Erub. 64ᵇ דרך טוֹרְדָתוֹ (Taan. 17ᵇ מַטְרִידָתוֹ Hif., Ms. M. everywhere מַטְרַחְתּוֹ, v. טָרַח) walking makes him unsteady (feel the wine). —4) to stir up (dregs), trouble. Sabb. 139ᵇ. Nidd. 25ᵃ, sq. מים … וטוֹרְדִין וכ׳ water is strong (is in commotion) and stirs the mass up, opp. מצחצחו makes it clear.—Part. pass. טָרוּד, f. טְרוּדָה; pl. טְרוּדִים, דִין …, טְרוּדוֹת a) busily engaged, troubled, anxious. Gen. R. l. c. (play on מטרד, v. supra) ט׳ היו וכ׳ they were anxious for a living. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᶜ bot. טרודין Asheri to Ber. IX, 13 (ed. Krot. טורדין) uninterrupted lightnings; a. fr.—b) banished. Num. R. s. 7, v. מַטְלוֹן.
Nif. - נִטְרַד 1) to be troubled, agitated, confused. Num. R. s. 20; Tanḥ. Balak 11, end היה נִטְרָד he became confused, opp. שפוי. —2) to be banished. Deut. R. s. 2 יִטָּרֵד למטלון he shall be sent into exile. Deut. R. s. 6 תִּיטָּרֵד וכ׳; a. fr.