astride

[US]/ə'straɪd/
[UK]/ə'straɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. with legs on each side; astraddle
adj. with legs on each side; astraddle
prep. with legs on; on either side of

Phrases & Collocations

sit astride

stride astride

astride a horse

astride the fence

astride a motorcycle

astride the divide

Example Sentences

a figure astride a horse.

the port stands astride an international route.

this picturesque village astride the River Coln.

That pretty girl rode astride the horse.

Spurred riders sat astride sleek mares.

in the van were the foremost chiefs and some of the warriors astride horses.

1.Bridgepore is a micromodule of the rise and fall ofcities-cities that prospered because of their locations astride major transportation routes.

The tobacconist on the other side of the street brought a chair out on to the pavement in front of his door and sat astride it, resting his arms on the back.

Real-world Examples

She sits astride VIC and pumps away vigorously.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

If the motorcycle was huge, it was nothing to the man sitting astride it.

Source: Idol speaks English fluently.

Astride her web, Charlotte sat moodily eating a horsefly and thinking about the future.

Source: Charlotte's Web

He was a good-sized, powerful man, and as he stood poising himself with legs astride

Source: The Sign of the Four

She settled herself astride and leaned forward, whispering things in its ear.

Source: The Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis

The day be he arrived astride a horse.

Source: Pan Pan

Nejdanov also seated himself astride on a chair in front of Solomin, but did not light a cigar.

Source: The Virgin Land (Part 2)

Salacious cartoons depicted Rome as a brothel, cardinals emerging from the Devil's backside and the pope astride a pig.

Source: The Economist Culture

It was decided that forts such as Chesters would be placed astride the wall, each housing as many as 1000 men!

Source: A Concise History of Britain (Bilingual Selection)

He saw him five or six feet higher up, sitting astride one of the rafters of the roof.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

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