relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed | free from external control and constraint |
(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence | (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence |
addicted to a drug | (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces |
contingent on something else | not controlled by a party or interest group |
being under the power or sovereignty of another or others | |
held from above and hanging down | |