What's the difference between mid and rid?

Mid


Definition:

  • (superl.) Denoting the middle part; as, in mid ocean.
  • (superl.) Occupying a middle position; middle; as, the mid finger; the mid hour of night.
  • (superl.) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; -- said of certain vowel sounds; as, a (ale), / (/ll), / (/ld). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11.
  • (n.) Middle.
  • (prep.) See Amid.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In contrast to L2 and L3 in L1 the mid gut runs down in a straight line without any looping.
  • (2) Basal 20 alpha DHP levels remained low until a sharp rise at mid pro-oestrus.
  • (3) It did the job of triggering growth, but it also fueled real-estate speculation, similar to what was going on in the mid-2000s here.” Slowing economic growth may be another concern.
  • (4) For consistent identification of the normal pancreas, preliminary longitudinal scanning at, or near, the mid-line and subsequent oblique scanning in the long axis are necessary prerequisites in delineating the anatomic outline of the pancreas.
  • (5) Patients with MID, but not those with DAT, exhibited correlations between enlargement of the third and lateral ventricles and severity of cognitive impairment.
  • (6) Meanwhile, Hunt has been accused of backtracking on a key recommendation in the official report into Mid Staffs.
  • (7) Hatching commenced in early October (after 23 wk), when air and water temperatures decreased to 20 and 15 degrees C, respectively, and continued until mid-December (32 wk) in the field.
  • (8) Retrognathia or retrusion of the maxilla and mid-face is present in about one-third of treated cleft palate patients.
  • (9) Heptathletes peak in their mid-to-late twenties – two Olympic cycles away yet for Johnson-Thompson – so what would she like to achieve in London?
  • (10) Robert Francis QC's official report in February on the Mid Staffordshire care scandal, in which an estimated 400 to 1,200 patients died unnecessarily at Stafford hospital between 2005 and 2008, called for the NHS to make "zero harm" its objective.
  • (11) It was found that within the dorsal part of the well known pressor area there is a narrow strip, 2.5 mm lateral from the mid line, starting ventral to the inferior colliculus and ending in the medulla close to the floor of the IV ventricle, from which vasodilatation in skeletal muscles is selectively obtained.
  • (12) But for the mid Atlantic, the models showed that only human-driven global warming could explain the increase in saltiness – the first time such an explicit link has been made between climate change and salinity.
  • (13) Another 300-350 civilians had been killed and 600-650 injured from late January to mid-April.
  • (14) A Teflon cylinder was placed in the mid-left anterior descending coronary artery to create a 33% stenosis.
  • (15) Recombination activity was found to be low in G1 and to rise 10- to 15-fold, peaking in early to mid-S phase.
  • (16) His bundle recordings and premature atrial stimulation from coronary sinus, mid-right atrium and high-right atrium were performed in a patient with repetitive supraventricular tachycardias.
  • (17) But when in mid-October two of the artists received death threats, the menaces were widely reported and rekindled debate, prompting vicious, anti-Muslim comments on Danish talk shows.
  • (18) The plans would eventually double the numbers of passengers at the Sussex airport, which believes its current capacity to grow from 34 million to 45 million with a single runway will see it through until the mid-2020s.
  • (19) In proliferative retinopathy, the mid-vitreous fluorophotometry readings were abnormally increased, correlating well with the extent of the peripheral angiographic changes (neovascularization).
  • (20) The 0.3 M NaCl intake of the high NaCl-exposed rats was also significantly greater than the intake of the mid and low NaCl-exposed rats.

Rid


Definition:

  • () imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i.
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Rid
  • (v. t.) To save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of.
  • (v. t.) To free; to clear; to disencumber; -- followed by of.
  • (v. t.) To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy.
  • (v. t.) To get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish.
  • () of Ride
  • () of Ride

Example Sentences:

  • (1) King Salman of Saudi Arabia urged the redoubling of efforts to “eradicate this dangerous scourge and rid the world of its evils”.
  • (2) "Seller reports are key to identifying bad buyers and ridding them from our marketplace," says eBay.
  • (3) A man in New Zealand suggested that they need to rid the country of cats to protect their native birds.
  • (4) In a day of chaos for the Lib Dems, Cable strongly denied being involved in attempts by his friend, Lord Oakeshott, to get rid of Clegg, insisting he was strongly behind his leader.
  • (5) Annual savings in tonnes of CO 2 Install 2 kilowatt solar PV panels 0.4 Buy a new A++ refrigerator if yours is more than 4 years old, and only use a small-screen TV 0.1 Use LED or fluorescent lights where you currently have halogen lights installed 0.1 Buy an automated system to turn off appliances when not in use; get a meter that shows actual energy use and use it to monitor your household 0.1 Only use your washing machine and dishwasher when full to capacity and at lowest temperature 0.1 Never use the tumble dryer 0.1 Get rid of the freezer if you can, and replace your small appliances with "eco" varieties 0.1 Car (1.5 tonnes of CO 2 ) There is one car for every two people in the UK, and each one travels an average of about 9,000 miles a year.
  • (6) Sadly, there was probably no other way to get rid of Tantawi as minister without Morsi losing his shirt (or his head.
  • (7) Ultimately, I need to get rid of of crayfish and crayfish products – my dreams are so much bigger than what we are doing right now.
  • (8) However, the policy is not being replaced and it suggests that Cameron has lost interest in what was once a key plank of his attempt to modernise the Conservative party and is quietly “ getting rid of the green crap ”, as he once called the extra costs attached to heating bills to subsidise energy efficiency.
  • (9) "If we come up to 30 June saying that we want democracy, that we want to get rid of religious fascism, and then you see that this happens," Youssef said, "it really doesn't send a good message to the world."
  • (10) What the Fed isn’t saying is how it plans to get rid of the enormous number of bonds it has bought.
  • (11) Results using the RID assay in 16 humans and 17 bat liver specimens were compared with those obtained using the Lactobacillus leichmannii microbiological assay.
  • (12) I told him, but he started saying: 'How can I get rid of this snake?'"
  • (13) Well, it would be taken more ­seriously if this newspaper had not been so vehemently committed itself to getting rid of Tony Blair and to putting Gordon Brown in his place.
  • (14) Despite a consistent antirheumatic therapy (72% on RID's after one year) there was a noticeable increase from 23 to 58% in the prevalence of patients with any erosive changes in the X-ray.
  • (15) "You can't get rid of a tax responsibly without also getting rid of the spending.
  • (16) Thank God we have succeeded in ridding ourselves of sectarianism and racism."
  • (17) These were taken out in 1967 by Australia’s most successful referendum, with more than 90% voting to get rid of this discrimination.
  • (18) So they got rid of the car, installed low-energy bulbs , insulation and draught-proofing, and a year-and-a-half ago they bought a wood-burning stove .
  • (19) The review concedes this, and changed the rationale it used to argue in favour of getting rid of the RET.
  • (20) Attempts to use the phage to rid crown gall tissue of bacteria were unsuccessful.

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