Meanings
- With one’s legs on either side of.
The boy sat astride his father’s knee.
- Extending across (something).
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 6601 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwith one leg on each side
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic مُنْفَرِج اَلسَّاقَيْن, مُنْفَرِج اَلسَّاقَيْن
- مُنْفَرِج اَلسَّاقَيْن (munfarij as-sāqayn)with one’s legs on either side
- مُنْفَرِج اَلسَّاقَيْن (munfarij as-sāqayn)with one’s legs on either side of
Bulgarian с разкрачени крака, яхнал
- с разкрачени крака (s razkračeni kraka)with one’s legs on either side
- яхнал (jahnal)with one’s legs on either side
Chinese 跨騎 /跨骑, 橫跨兩側 /横跨两侧
- 跨騎 /跨骑with one’s legs on either side
- 橫跨兩側 /横跨两侧with one’s legs on either side
Danish overskrævs
- overskrævswith one’s legs on either side
Dutch schrijlings, wijdbeens
- schrijlingswith one’s legs on either side
- wijdbeenswith one’s legs on either side
Finnish hajareisin, kahareisin
- hajareisinwith one’s legs on either side
- kahareisinwith one’s legs on either side of
French à califourchon, à califourchon sur
- à califourchonwith one’s legs on either side
- à califourchon surwith one’s legs on either side of
German rittlings, rittlings
- rittlingswith one’s legs on either side
- rittlingswith one’s legs on either side of
Icelandic klofvega
- klofvegawith one’s legs on either side
Irish gabhalscartha
- gabhalscarthawith one’s legs on either side
Italian a cavalcioni
- a cavalcioniwith one’s legs on either side
Japanese にまたがって
- にまたがって (ni matagatte)with one’s legs on either side
Māori hāngai, tūhāngai
- hāngaiwith one’s legs on either side
- tūhāngaiwith one’s legs on either side
Portuguese montado, montado em
- montadowith one’s legs on either side
- montado emwith one’s legs on either side of
Russian верхо́м, верхо́м
- верхо́м (verxóm)with one’s legs on either side
- верхо́м (verxóm)with one’s legs on either side of
- на (na)with one’s legs on either side of
Spanish a horcajadas
- a horcajadaswith one’s legs on either side
Swedish grensle, gränsle
- grenslewith one’s legs on either side
- gränslewith one’s legs on either side
- grensle överwith one’s legs on either side of
- gränsle överwith one’s legs on either side of
Tagalog bisaklat, pabisaklat
- bisaklatwith one’s legs on either side
- pabisaklatwith one’s legs on either side
- nakabisaklatwith one’s legs on either side
- bisaklatwith one’s legs on either side of
- pabisaklatwith one’s legs on either side of
- nakabisaklatwith one’s legs on either side of
Thai คร่อม
- คร่อม (krɔ̂m)with one’s legs on either side
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with astride
Anagrams
Cite this entry
astride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astride
“astride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astride. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “astride,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astride.
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