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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. with one leg on each side;
- Example: "she sat astride the chair"
[syn: astride, astraddle]

2. with the legs stretched far apart;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Astride \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. [1913 Webster] Placed astride upon the bars of the palisade. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Glasses with horn bows sat astride on his nose. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

astride adv 1: with one leg on each side; "she sat astride the chair" [syn: astride, astraddle] 2: with the legs stretched far apart