What's the difference between defense and ride?

Defense


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Defence
  • (v. t.) To furnish with defenses; to fortify.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The defensive modifications of the functions of the ego itself seen in micropsia are closely allied to those seen in the dèjá vu experience and in depersonalization.
  • (2) Steroids are not recommended because they may compromise defenses against an underlying disease process.
  • (3) What constitutes a "mental disorder" for purposes of the insanity defense?
  • (4) Since neutrophils are the first line of defense against infection the vulnerability to infection of the elderly may be due, at least in part, to age-related changes in neutrophils (PMNs).
  • (5) Tests were chosen to assess various aspects of monocyte function that give some insight into the host defense status and the degree of "activation" of the monocyte.
  • (6) It has been speculated that these cigarette smoke-induced alterations contribute to the depressed pulmonary defense mechanisms commonly demonstrated in smokers.
  • (7) The muscle-protein breakdown is sustained and the released amino acids are taken up by the liver and other RE structures where they are used as substrates for energy and for synthesis of defense-related proteins.
  • (8) Two other groups were trained in a classical defensive paradigm.
  • (9) The paper postulates that 'anal or sphincter defensiveness' is one of the precursors of the repression barrier.
  • (10) The complement system provides a critical level of defense against bacterial invasion.
  • (11) Accordingly, the 30-fold differences in aging rate among the mammalian species could be determined in part by peroxidation defense processes.
  • (12) Lovely chip behind the defense on Green's goal, and almost sprung the defense with a clever free kick to play in Dempsey with time running out.
  • (13) The Defense Department can object to a merger involving its key suppliers during a federal antitrust review, which in this case could be led by the Justice Department.
  • (14) The Lerner & Lerner Scale for assessing primitive defenses is reviewed.
  • (15) A lot is being expected of rookie cornerbacks Desmond Trufant and Robert Alford, but defensive co-ordinator Mike Nolan has a good track record of keeping his units competitive.
  • (16) Questions are raised about the recent tendency in psychoanalytic theory to develop or invoke different theories of defense to explain a broad range of clinical phenomena.
  • (17) Hazard, nominated for the Ballon d’Or earlier in the day, broke away from his industrious defensive running to curl a shot on to the base of the far post early on while Willian struck the crossbar with a free-kick just after the interval.
  • (18) Although alpha 1-antiprotease (alpha 1-AP) binds and inactivates NE and is the major antielastase of the lower respiratory tract, antielastase defenses may be overwhelmed in CF, leading to progressive lung damage.
  • (19) Many child analytic patients use defenses to ward off feelings, many have not even reached the developmental level of experiencing feelings.
  • (20) Selective migration results in a relative preponderance of CD4 cells in the diffuse infiltrate and it is suggested that this is a mechanism likely to potentiate defensive reaction to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: any deficiency in selective migration may make immunological defences less effective and so contribute to the chronicity of the lesions of tuberculosis.

Ride


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
  • (v. i.) To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below.
  • (v. i.) To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
  • (v. i.) To be supported in motion; to rest.
  • (v. i.) To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
  • (v. i.) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
  • (v. t.) To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.
  • (v. t.) To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
  • (v. t.) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
  • (v. t.) To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments.
  • (n.) The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.
  • (n.) A saddle horse.
  • (n.) A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To be fair to lads who find themselves just a bus ride from Auschwitz, a visit to the camp is now considered by many tourists to be a Holocaust "bucket list item", up there with the Anne Frank museum, where Justin Bieber recently delivered this compliment : "Anne was a great girl.
  • (2) These lanes encourage cyclists to 'ride in the gutter' which in itself is a very dangerous riding position – especially on busy congested roads as it places the cyclist right in a motorist's blind spot.
  • (3) My father wrote to the official who had ruled I could not ride and asked for Championships to be established for girls.
  • (4) The commission heard AWH charged luxury accommodation in Queensland, limousine rides and Liberal party donations to Sydney Water.
  • (5) The following year, I organised and took part in a cycle ride from John O'Groats to Land's End, covering 900 miles in nine days through this beautiful country.
  • (6) Each moment was scripted, from the placement of his riding boots in the stirrups of the riderless black horse that accompanied his procession through Washington, to tonight’s burial at sunset back in California.
  • (7) Yu Xiangzhen, former Red Guard Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Almost half a century on, it floods back: the hope, the zeal, the carefree autumn days riding the rails with fellow teenagers.
  • (8) For services to Business and the community in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
  • (9) Unless a leader is riding 20 points high in the polls, speculation will mount about their fitness for the job.
  • (10) It’s unthinkable that they wouldn’t do that.” The Saw ride at Thorpe Park in Surrey and the Dragon’s Fury and Rattlesnake rollercoasters at Chessington World of Adventures, also in Surrey, have also been shut down by Merlin Entertainments, which owns all three parks.
  • (11) Didi Chuxing also claims it accounts for 87% of China’s ride-hailing market, in which US-based Uber is trying to break through.
  • (12) The voices in the soundtrack are those of real refugees who guide the viewer through the experience – from arriving in an unfamiliar city to acute worry for loved ones left behind, concern about not being allowed to work, and the Home Office interview on which so much rides .
  • (13) His comments provoked a storm on social media, with political tensions riding high as Erdoğan prepares to stand in presidential elections on 10 August.
  • (14) Frahm witnessed how every morning Weiwei puts a flower into the basket of a bicycle just outside his studio, which he will continue until he is free again to ride it out through the gates.
  • (15) Conte’s tenure as national manager has been anything other than a smooth ride.
  • (16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Locals sell fruit and cuscus, a possum-like marsupial, at the market in Lorengau Not long before the accident, witness said, the driver had been riding around with local women and another taskforce officer, drinking and “not fully clothed”, as Guardian Australia reported on Monday .
  • (17) The ride-sharing story illustrates the promise of these new businesses – and the dangers.
  • (18) The Campbell family has been breeding ponies in Glenshiel for more than 100 years and now runs a small pony trekking centre offering one-hour treks along the pebbly shores of Loch Duich and through the Ratagan forest as well as all-day trail rides up into the hills for the more adventurous.
  • (19) One team told her the sponsor had dropped out so she would have to ride for nothing.
  • (20) In addition, each ride has specific risk assessments to ensure that these processes are current.” He added: “As well as the daily assessment and testing, all rides are verified regularly by independent inspectors in compliance with the HSE guidelines for safe operation.