What's the difference between depend and ride?

Depend


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
  • (v. i.) To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
  • (v. i.) To rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; -- followed by on or upon, formerly by of.
  • (v. i.) To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; -- with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour.
  • (v. i.) To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
  • (v. i.) To impend.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Na+ ionophore, gramicidin, had a small but significant inhibitory effect on Na(+)-dependent KG uptake, demonstrating that KG uptake was not the result of an intravesicular positive Na+ diffusion potential.
  • (2) Neutrons induced a dose-dependent cytotoxicity and mutation frequency in the AL cells.
  • (3) Phospholipid methylation in human EGMs is distinctly different from that in rat EGMs (Hirata and Axelrod 1980) in that the human activity is not Mg++-dependent, and apparent methyltransferase I activity is located in the external membrane surface.
  • (4) Between 25 and 40 degrees C, the thermal dependencies of VR and f were approximately constant (Q10's of 1.31 and 1.36 got VR and f, respectively).
  • (5) Cellulase regulation appears to depend upon a complex relationship involving catabolite repression, inhibition, and induction.
  • (6) We also show that proliferation of primary amnion cells is not dependent on a high c-fos expression, suggesting that the function of c-fos is more likely to be associated with other cellular functions in the differentiated amnion cell.
  • (7) We propose that this dependence on coexpression reflects the association between the LTA::STa hybrids and LTB subunits.
  • (8) These results show that the pathogenic phenotypes of MCF viruses are dissociable from the thymotropic phenotype and depend, at least in part, upon the enhancer sequences.
  • (9) Recently, the validity of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) standards for selection of spirometric test results has been questioned based on the finding of inverse dependence of FEV1 on effort.
  • (10) This death is also dependent on the presence of chloride and is prevented with the non-selective EAA antagonist, kynurenic acid, but is not prevented by QA.
  • (11) Single-case experimental designs are presented and discussed from several points of view: Historical antecedents, assessment of the dependent variable, internal and external validity and pre-experimental vs experimental single-case designs.
  • (12) Cyclic AMP stimulated phosphorylation by [gamma-32P]ATP of two proteins of apparent Mr = 20,000 and 7,000 that were concentrated in sarcoplasmic reticulum, but the stimulation was markedly dependent on the presence of added soluble cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase.
  • (13) The PSB dioxygenase system displayed a narrow substrate range: none of 18 sulphonated or non-sulphonated analogues of PSB showed significant substrate-dependent O2 uptake.
  • (14) The dependence of fluorescence polarization of stained nerve fibres on the angle between the fibre axis and electrical vector of exciting light (azimuth characteristics) has been considered.
  • (15) Gel filtration of the 40,000 rpm supernatant fraction of a homogenate of rat cerebral cortex on a Sepharose 6B column yielded two fractions: fraction II with the "Ca(2+) plus Mg(2+)-dependent" phosphodiesterase activity and fraction III containing its modulator.
  • (16) In contrast, the effects of deltamethrin and cypermethrin promote transmitter release by a Na+ dependent process.
  • (17) 5 pregnant insulin-dependent diabetics were also studied.
  • (18) RNAs encoding a wild-type (RBK1) and a mutant (RBK1(Y379V,V381T); RBK1*) subunit of voltage-dependent potassium channels were injected into Xenopus oocytes.
  • (19) Photoirradiation of F1 in the presence of the analog leads to inactivation depending linearly on the incorporation of label.
  • (20) [Ca2+]i exhibited a sigmoidal dependence on [Na+]o. Mg2+, a competitive inhibitor of Na2+-Ca2+ antiport in these cells, antagonized the increase in [Ca2+]i produced by lowering [Na+]o.

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.