What does ASTRIDE mean?

Definitions for ASTRIDE
əˈstraɪdastride

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. astride, astraddleadverb

    with one leg on each side

    "she sat astride the chair"

  2. astrideadverb

    with the legs stretched far apart

Wiktionary

  1. astrideadverb

    With one's legs on either side.

    The men ride their horses astride.

  2. astridepreposition

    With one's legs on either side of.

    The boy sat astride his father's knee.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Astrideadverb

    With the legs open.

    Etymology: from a and stride.

    To lay their native arms aside,
    Their modesty, and ride astride. Hudibras.

    I saw a place, where the Rhone is so straitened between two rocks, that a man may stand astride upon both at once. Boyle.

ChatGPT

  1. astride

    Astride refers to the positioning of something with one part on each side, often referring to a person sitting with a leg on each side of an object, like a horse or a bicycle. It can also mean extending across or be straddling over something.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Astrideadverb

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

  2. Etymology: [Pref. a- + stride.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Astride

    a-strīd′, adv. with the legs apart, or across. [Prep. a, on, and Stride.]

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Anagrams for ASTRIDE »

  1. aridest

  2. asterid

  3. diaster

  4. disrate

  5. staider

  6. tardies

  7. tirades

  8. tradies

  9. restiad

  10. staired

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ASTRIDE in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ASTRIDE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of ASTRIDE in a Sentence

  1. United States:

    The islands sit astride a key passageway for United States and Australian naval ships and merchant ships, if China could establish( military) basing rights, it could deploy warships and aircraft temporarily to the islands. ( Its) ships and airplanes could threaten United States and Australian ships and aircraft that passed by.

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