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astride

Syllables: a·stride/əˈstɹaɪ̯d/

astride adverb: with one’s legs on either side.

Adverb

astride (not comparable)

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

Preposition

astride

  1. With one’s legs on either side of.
    • The boy sat astride his father’s knee.
  2. Extending across (something).
    • Chʻung-ming, an island astride the mouth of the Yangtze, had been captured against quite stiff opposition from the Chinese River Defense Force and was being developed into an advance naval and air base.1937, Michael Calvert, “Shanghai”, in Jon E. Lewis, editor, The Giant Book of Battles, London: Magpie Books, published 2006, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 129
    • The units have transverse seats, two and three astride the passageway with single or double longitudinal seats alongside the two entrance vestibules in each car.1960 November, “New electric multiple-units for British Railways: Glasgow Suburban”, in Trains Illustrated, page 660

astride meaning in Malayalam, Tagalog, Arabic and Thai

astride in Malayalam

കാൽ നീട്ടിവച്ച്

astride in Tagalog

with one’s legs on either side
bisaklat, pabisaklat, nakabisaklat
with one’s legs on either side of
bisaklat, pabisaklat, nakabisaklat

astride in Arabic

with one’s legs on either side
مُنْفَرِج اَلسَّاقَيْن munfarij as-sāqayn
with one’s legs on either side of
مُنْفَرِج اَلسَّاقَيْن munfarij as-sāqayn

astride in Thai

with one’s legs on either side
คร่อม krɔ̂m

Examples of astride in a sentence

  • Brown triumphantly astride her headstanding elephant, arms raised high, her elaborate headdress perfectly in place.
  • He rode astride while hawking; she falconed in the ladylike position of sidesaddle.
  • Thork astride the pony raced after, the horseling running in sheer panic.

All 20 example sentences with astride

Synonyms of astride

Origin of astride

From a- + stride.

Words that rhyme with astride

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about astride

What does astride mean?
Astride means with one’s legs on either side.
What is astride in Malayalam?
Astride in Malayalam is കാൽ നീട്ടിവച്ച്. See Astride meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is astride?
Astride can be an adverb or a preposition.
How do you pronounce astride?
Astride is pronounced /əˈstɹaɪ̯d/.

Words near astride in the dictionary

  1. astrictions
  2. astrictive
  3. astrictives
  4. astricts
  5. Astrid
  6. astride
  7. Astridge
  8. Astridges
  9. astriferous
  10. astringe
  11. astringed

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: astride (page history and authors); astride (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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