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Webster 1913 Edition

Astride

A-stride′

,

adv.

[Pref.

a-

+

stride

.]

With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle.

Placed

astride

upon the bars of the palisade.

Sir W. Scott.

Glasses with horn bows sat

astride

on his nose.

Longfellow.

Definition 2024

Astride

Astride

See also: astride

Portuguese

Proper noun

Astride f

A female given name, equivalent to English Astrid

astride

astride

See also: Astride

English

Adverb

astride ‎(not comparable)

With one’s legs on either side.
The men ride their horses astride.

Translations

with one’s legs on either side

Arabic: مُنْفَرِج اَلسَّاقَيْن m ‎(munfarij as-sāqayn)
Bulgarian: с разкрачени крака ‎(s razkračeni kraka), яхнал (bg) ‎(jahnal)
Danish: overskrævs
Dutch: schrijlings
Finnish: hajareisin (fi)
French: à califourchon (fr)
German: rittlings (de)

Icelandic: klofvega
Irish: gabhalscartha
Italian: a cavalcioni
Maori: hāngai
Portuguese: montado
Russian: верхо́м (ru) ‎(verxóm)
Spanish: montado (es)
Swedish: grensle (sv), gränsle (sv)
Tagalog: bisaklat, pabisaklat, nakabisaklat

Preposition

astride

With one’s legs on either side of.
The boy sat astride his father’s knee.

Synonyms

agee, astraddle

Translations

with one’s legs on either side of

Arabic: مُنْفَرِج اَلسَّاقَيْن m ‎(munfarij as-sāqayn)
Faroese:
Finnish: kahareisin (fi)
French: à califourchon (fr)
German: rittlings (de)

Khmer: ច្រកគាវ ‎(crɑɑk kiev)
Portuguese: montado em
Russian: верхо́м (ru) ‎(verxóm) (на na), на (ru) ‎(na)
Tagalog: bisaklat, pabisaklat, nakabisaklat

Anagrams

aridest, asterid, diaster, disrate, staider, tardies, tirades, tradies