astridepreposition
uk/əˈstraɪd/us/əˈstraɪd/with a leg on each side of something:
She sat proudly astride her new motorbike.
figurative The town lies astride (= on either side of) the River Havel.
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On or off
- atop
- on
- on board idiom
- onto
- thereon
- thereupon
- upon
astrideadverb
uk/əˈstraɪd/us/əˈstraɪd/with legs wide apart:
He stood there, legs astride.
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Sitting and standing
- akimbo
- attention
- bestride
- cross-legged
- crouch
- ease
- four
- plop
- plump (sb/sth) down
- rampant
- seated
- seating
- sit back
- sit sth out
- stand
- stand round
- strike
- take a pew! idiom
- take the weight off your feet/legs idiom
- weight
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