Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb With a leg on each side.
- adverb With the legs wide apart.
- preposition On or over and with a leg on each side of.
- preposition Situated on both sides of.
- preposition Lying across or over; spanning.
from The Century Dictionary.
- With one leg on each side of some object; with the legs wide apart.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb With one’s
legs on eitherside . - preposition With one’s
legs on eitherside of.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with the legs stretched far apart
- adverb with one leg on each side
Etymologies
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Examples
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He gave me quite a lecture on the dangers of the side-saddle, and said very earnestly that women ought to ride "astride" (at that time this was a thing _incompris_ in England).
Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman Giberne Sieveking
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The demon-king Rawana bares his fangs and pops his eyes astride his horrific mount Wilmana.
Island Art, and All That Comes With It David Littlejohn 2011
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Find me reading shadows rocking astride empty words and neverhours.
Touch JP Reese 2012
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There is a touch astride the belly that feeds unsated flesh.
Touch JP Reese 2012
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Someone let loose with a blood curdling rebel yell, and a woman tore off her shirt, and climbed astride her boyfriend's shoulders, waving her arms wildly over her head.
The Dead Goat Society Michael Gillan Maxwell 2012
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And it is delivered to your door by Don Quixote astride a unicorn.
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His base sat astride the York River, including Yorktown on the south bank and Gloucester Point on the north.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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By June of the next year, astride the horse of sovereignty, he had become the favorite to win the Ukrainian presidency.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Bring back the virtuous knight in his armor, astride a noble steed.
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Bianca Jagger famously wore his shoes for her entrance into Studio 54, sitting astride a white charger; the Princess of Wales was a fan; and the "Sex and the City" character Carrie Bradshaw had such a predilection for his heels that "Manolos" became a household name.
Manolo Blahnik: Feet First Tina Gaudoin 2012
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