What's the difference between release and rid?

Release


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
  • (n.) To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go.
  • (n.) To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.
  • (n.) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.
  • (n.) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance.
  • (n.) The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage.
  • (n.) Relief from care, pain, or any burden.
  • (n.) Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.
  • (n.) A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.
  • (n.) The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The fluoride treated specimens released more fluoride than the nontreated ones.
  • (2) In conclusion, in S-rats a glucose-stimulated insulin release is accompanied by an increase in IBF, but this is not observed in P-rats.
  • (3) These are typically runaway processes in which global temperature rises lead to further releases of CO², which in turn brings about more global warming.
  • (4) This study examined the [3H]5-HT-releasing properties of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and related agents, all of which cause significant release of [3H]5-HT from rat brain synaptosomes.
  • (5) The vascular endothelium is capable of regulating tissue perfusion by the release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor to modulate vasomotor tone of the resistance vasculature.
  • (6) gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate release from the treated side was higher than the control value during the first 2-3 h, a result indicating an important role of glial cells in the inactivation of released transmitter.
  • (7) In contrast, the effects of deltamethrin and cypermethrin promote transmitter release by a Na+ dependent process.
  • (8) However, direct measurements of mediator release should be carried out to reach a firm conclusion.
  • (9) In addition to their involvement in thrombosis, activated platelets release growth factors, most notably a platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) which may be the principal mediator of smooth muscle cell migration from the media into the intima and of smooth muscle cell proliferation in the intima as well as of vasoconstriction.
  • (10) During recovery glucose uptake was reduced and citrate release was unaffected.
  • (11) Bradykinin also stimulated arachidonic acid release in decidual fibroblasts, an effect which was potentiated in the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF), but which was not accompanied by an increase in PGF2 alpha production.
  • (12) As prolongation of the action potential by TEA facilitates preferentially the hormone release evoked by low (ineffective) frequencies, it is suggested that a frequency-dependent broadening of action potentials which reportedly occurs on neurosecretory neurones may play an important role in the frequency-dependent facilitation of hormone release from the rat neurohypophysis.
  • (13) Release of 51Cr was apparently a function of immune thymus-derived lymphocytes (T cells) because it was abrogated by prior incubation of spleen cells with anti-thymus antiserum and complement but was undiminished by passage of spleen cells through nylon-wool columns.
  • (14) It is suggested that the normal cyclical release of LH is inhibited in PCO disease by a negative feedback by androgens to the hypothalamus or the pituitary, and that wedge resection should be reserved for patients in whom other forms of treatment have failed.
  • (15) Results suggest that Cd-MT is reabsorbed and broken down by kidney tubule cells in a physiological manner with possible subsequent release of the toxic cadmium ion.
  • (16) The latter result indicates that the dexamethasone block is upstream from release of esterified arachidonic acid.
  • (17) Treatment of the bound F1-ATPase with 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan prevented complete release of the enzyme by ATP.
  • (18) Glucose release from these samples was highly correlated with starch gelatinization (r2 = .99).
  • (19) Furthermore, H-7 enhanced the effect of thrombin on AA release.
  • (20) Because it has been suggested that the lathyrogen, BAPN, may stimulate the release of proteases, the protease inhibitors Trasylol and epsilon-aminocaproic acid (EACA) were given alone or in combination to BAPN-treated 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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