straddlingadj.

/ˈstradlɪŋ/

Etymology: < straddle v. + -ing suffix².

1. That straddles, in the senses of the verb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > [adjective] > so as to lie across something

straddling1592

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > with legs wide apart

straddling1592

straddle-breech1682

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adjective] > with legs wide apart or close together

straddling1592

near-leggeda1616

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [adjective] > parts of wheel > spoke > relating to spoke

spokeless1842

straddling1875

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. B3 ^v At length..I lighted vppon an olde straddling Usurer.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 102 Epiplois postica..diuided into two stradling branches.

1653 A. Brome in R. Brome Five New Playes To Stationer sig. A3, No stradling Tetrasyllables are brought To fill up room, and little spell, or nought.

1679 London Gaz. No. 1403/4 A Strawberry py'd Gelding,.. all his paces, and a stradling gate behind.

1765 H. Walpole Let. to Miss A. Pitt 25 Dec. May the chimney be widened, without which it can never be a French chimney, which is always very low and straddling?

1831 W. Youatt Horse x. 165 [In anchylosis] the horse..has a curious straddling action.

1848 C. Dickens Haunted Man i. 9 The shadows..making..the very tongs upon the hearth, a straddling giant with his arms a-kimbo.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Straddling (Vehicle), applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. Also said to be staggered.

2. Botany. Divaricate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > (defined by) distribution, arrangement, or position > [adjective] > spreading or divergent

spoky1551

patulous1657

spreading1682

patent1753

divaricate1788

pervious1789

straddling1796

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 84 Straddling (divaricatus) branches standing wide from each other.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 26 Bulbs straight, not much straddling.

1824 J. C. Loudon Green-house Compan. ii. 25 M[alva] divaricata, straddling Mallow.

in combination.1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 399 Straddling-branched Star Wort.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

ˈstraddling n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > [noun] > legs

stridingc1440

footing1545

straddle1611

stridea1627

straddling1673

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > with legs wide apart

straddling1673

society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation > bombing raid > dropping of bombs > manner of

area bombardment1918

straddling1919

pattern-bombing1933

terror-bombing1933

dive-bombing1935

firebombing1935

blind-bombing1940

blitzing1940

coventrating1940

nuisance bombing1940

scatter bombing1940

coventration1942

carpet bombing1943

obliteration bombing1943

skip-bombing1943

shuttle bombing1944

atom bombing1945

atomic bombing1945

clobbering1948

loft-bombing1956

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > ranging by shot

bracketing1914

straddling1919

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > deliberate

prolocution1679

double-talk1948

straddling1949

double-speak1957

codespeak1987

1673 J. Bunyan Differences Judgm. 44 Your putting in that way of his receiving which is invisible to us, is but an unhandsome straddling over my Argument, which treateth only of a visible receiving.

1761 B. Victor Hist. Theatres Lond. & Dublin II. 74 By walking the Decks of the Ship from a Boy, he had contracted a Stradling in his Gait.

1919 Athenæum 23 May 360/1 For a well-known method of range-finding..the Navy [has] the term ‘straddling’.

1949 San Francisco News 14 Mar. 14/2 Despite the local board's straddling, the Legislature, fortunately, voted to continue the centers for another year.

1957 O. Parkes Brit. Battleships lxxviii. 458 He proposed that the armoured cruiser..should be placed at his disposal for..‘straddling’ tests.

单词	straddling
释义	straddlingadj. /ˈstradlɪŋ/ Etymology: < straddle v. + -ing suffix². 1. That straddles, in the senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > [adjective] > so as to lie across something straddling1592 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > with legs wide apart straddling1592 straddle-breech1682 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adjective] > with legs wide apart or close together straddling1592 near-leggeda1616 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [adjective] > parts of wheel > spoke > relating to spoke spokeless1842 straddling1875 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. B3 ^v At length..I lighted vppon an olde straddling Usurer. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 102 Epiplois postica..diuided into two stradling branches. 1653 A. Brome in R. Brome Five New Playes To Stationer sig. A3, No stradling Tetrasyllables are brought To fill up room, and little spell, or nought. 1679 London Gaz. No. 1403/4 A Strawberry py'd Gelding,.. all his paces, and a stradling gate behind. 1765 H. Walpole Let. to Miss A. Pitt 25 Dec. May the chimney be widened, without which it can never be a French chimney, which is always very low and straddling? 1831 W. Youatt Horse x. 165 [In anchylosis] the horse..has a curious straddling action. 1848 C. Dickens Haunted Man i. 9 The shadows..making..the very tongs upon the hearth, a straddling giant with his arms a-kimbo. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Straddling (Vehicle), applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. Also said to be staggered. 2. Botany. Divaricate. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > (defined by) distribution, arrangement, or position > [adjective] > spreading or divergent spoky1551 patulous1657 spreading1682 patent1753 divaricate1788 pervious1789 straddling1796 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 84 Straddling (divaricatus) branches standing wide from each other. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 26 Bulbs straight, not much straddling. 1824 J. C. Loudon Green-house Compan. ii. 25 M[alva] divaricata, straddling Mallow. in combination.1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 399 Straddling-branched Star Wort. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas ˈstraddling ˈstraddling n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > [noun] > legs stridingc1440 footing1545 straddle1611 stridea1627 straddling1673 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > with legs wide apart straddling1673 society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation > bombing raid > dropping of bombs > manner of area bombardment1918 straddling1919 pattern-bombing1933 terror-bombing1933 dive-bombing1935 firebombing1935 blind-bombing1940 blitzing1940 coventrating1940 nuisance bombing1940 scatter bombing1940 coventration1942 carpet bombing1943 obliteration bombing1943 skip-bombing1943 shuttle bombing1944 atom bombing1945 atomic bombing1945 clobbering1948 loft-bombing1956 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > ranging by shot bracketing1914 straddling1919 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > deliberate prolocution1679 double-talk1948 straddling1949 double-speak1957 codespeak1987 1673 J. Bunyan Differences Judgm. 44 Your putting in that way of his receiving which is invisible to us, is but an unhandsome straddling over my Argument, which treateth only of a visible receiving. 1761 B. Victor Hist. Theatres Lond. & Dublin II. 74 By walking the Decks of the Ship from a Boy, he had contracted a Stradling in his Gait. 1919 Athenæum 23 May 360/1 For a well-known method of range-finding..the Navy [has] the term ‘straddling’. 1949 San Francisco News 14 Mar. 14/2 Despite the local board's straddling, the Legislature, fortunately, voted to continue the centers for another year. 1957 O. Parkes Brit. Battleships lxxviii. 458 He proposed that the armoured cruiser..should be placed at his disposal for..‘straddling’ tests. extracted from straddlev. < adj.1592 as lemmas
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straddlingadj.

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