| Pronunciation: | | u'strId
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- [adv] with one leg on each side; "she sat astride the chair"
- [adv] with the legs stretched far apart
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ASTRIDE is a 7 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | astraddle |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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