Definitions of astride [əˈstraɪd]

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Definition of 'astride'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (prep.) astride
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
to sit astride a fence.

2. astride
on both sides of:
Budapest lies astride the river.

3. astride
in a dominant position within:
Napoleon stands astride the early 19th century.

4. (adj.) astride
in a posture of striding or straddling; with legs apart or on either side of something.

Etymology: (1655–65)

Definition of 'astride'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adverb) astride, astraddle
with one leg on each side
"she sat astride the chair"

2. (adverb) astride
with the legs stretched far apart

Definition of 'astride'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adverb) astride
with one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle

Translation of 'astride'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: with legs on each side of She sat astride the horse.
Afrikaans: op	Arabic: مُنْفَرِج السّاقَين	Bulgarian: възседнал
Brazilian: de pernas abertas	Czech: obkročmo	German: rittlings
Danish: overskrevs	Greek: καβάλα	Spanish: a horcajadas, a carramanc
Estonian: kaksiratsi	Farsi: با پاهای از هم گشاده؛ سوا	Finnish: ratsailla
French: à califourchon	Hebrew: בְּפִישׂוּק רַגלַים	Hindi: दोनों तरफ
Croatian: raskrečenih nogu	Hungarian: lovaglóülésben	Indonesian: duduk mengangkang
Icelandic: klofvega	Italian: a cavalcioni	Japanese: ～にまたがって
Korean: ...에 걸터앉아	Lithuanian: apžergus	Latvian: jāteniski
Malay: bercelapak	Dutch: schrijlings op	Norwegian: overskrevs (på)
Polish: okrakiem	Persian: با پاهای از هم گشاده؛ سوا	Pashto: سوار، په سپرلی
Portuguese: escarranchado	Romanian: călare	Russian: верхом
Slovak: obkročmo	Slovenian: okobal	Serbian: opkoračke
Swedish: grensleöver	Thai: คร่อม	Turkish: bacaklarını ayırarak
Taiwanese: 跨著	Ukrainian: верхи	Urdu: ایک ٹانگ ادھر ایک ٹانگ اد
Vietnamese: xoạc chân	Chinese: 跨着
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