to sit astride

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• astride — adv. (formal) to sit astride (to sit astride smb. s knee) * * * [ə straɪd] (formal) to sit astride (to sit astride smb. s knee) …   Combinatory dictionary

• sit — sit1 /sit/, v., sat or (Archaic) sate; sat or (Archaic) sitten; sitting. v.i. 1. to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated. 2. to be located or situated: The house sits well up on the slope …   Universalium

• sit — [[t]sɪt[/t]] v. sat, sat, sit•ting 1) to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated (often fol. by down) 2) to be located or situated: The house sits on a cliff[/ex] 3) to rest or lie (usu. fol. by on or upon): An aura of… …   From formal English to slang

• astride — a•stride [[t]əˈstraɪd[/t]] prep. 1) with a leg on each side of; straddling: to sit astride a fence[/ex] 2) on both sides of: Budapest lies astride the river[/ex] 3) in a dominant position within: Napoleon stands astride the early 19th… …   From formal English to slang

• sit — v 1. seat oneself, be seated, Sl. take a load off one s feet, plop down; squat, crouch, hunker down, perch, roost; straddle, sit astride, bestride, bestraddle; repose, lean, recline, loll, lounge, sprawl; (all of a hen) brood, incubate, cover,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• sit — verb 1 on a chair, etc. ADVERB ▪ motionless, still ▪ Just sit still! ▪ quietly ▪ He would sit quietly and watch what was happening. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• astride — [[t]əstra͟ɪd[/t]] ADV: ADV after v, be ADV If you sit or stand astride something, you sit or stand with one leg on each side of it. ...three youths who stood astride their bicycles and stared …   English dictionary

• straddle — straddler, n. straddlingly, adv. /strad l/, v., straddled, straddling, n. v.i. 1. to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride. 2. to stand wide apart, as the legs. 3. to favor or appear to favor both sides of an issue,… …   Universalium

• straddle — [c]/ˈstrædl / (say stradl) verb (straddled, straddling) –verb (i) 1. to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride. 2. to stand wide apart, as the legs. –verb (t) 3. to walk, stand, or sit with one leg on each side of;… …  

• straddle — I. verb (straddled; straddling) Etymology: irregular from stride Date: 1565 intransitive verb 1. to stand, sit, or walk with the legs wide apart; especially to sit astride 2. to spread out irregularly ; sprawl 3 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• straddle — v 1. bestride, bestraddle, get astride of, stand or sit astride; sit or stand with legs apart. 2.Informal. refrain from committing oneself, be noncommittal, waffle, hedge, sit on the fence; be vague or indefinite or ambiguous, equivocate, Inf.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder