Get yourself astride the balance beam.
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Astride
//əˈstɹaɪd//
Synonyms for "astride" (9 found)
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Translations
43 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مُنْفَرِج اَلسَّاقَيْن adv (with one’s legs on either side)
- مُنْفَرِج اَلسَّاقَيْن prep (with one’s legs on either side of)
Bulgarian
2 entries- с разкрачени крака adv (with one’s legs on either side)
- яхнал adv (with one’s legs on either side)
Chinese
2 entries- 橫跨兩側 /横跨两侧 adv (with one’s legs on either side)
- 跨騎 /跨骑 adv (with one’s legs on either side)
Danish
1 entries- overskrævs adv (with one’s legs on either side)
Dutch
2 entries- schrijlings adv (with one’s legs on either side)
- wijdbeens adv (with one’s legs on either side)
Finnish
2 entries- hajareisin adv (with one’s legs on either side)
- kahareisin prep (with one’s legs on either side of)
French
2 entries- à califourchon adv (with one’s legs on either side)
- à califourchon sur prep (with one’s legs on either side of)
Galician
2 entries- a cabalo adv (with one’s legs on either side)
- a cabalo de prep (with one’s legs on either side of)
German
2 entries- rittlings adv (with one’s legs on either side)
- rittlings prep (with one’s legs on either side of)
Icelandic
1 entries- klofvega adv (with one’s legs on either side)
Irish
1 entries- gabhalscartha adv (with one’s legs on either side)
Italian
1 entries- a cavalcioni adv (with one’s legs on either side)
Japanese
1 entries- にまたがって adv (with one’s legs on either side)
Khmer
1 entries- ច្រកគាវ prep (with one’s legs on either side of)
Māori
2 entries- hāngai adv (with one’s legs on either side)
- tūhāngai adv (with one’s legs on either side)
Occitan
2 entries- d’escambarletas prep (with one’s legs on either side of)
- d’escambarlons prep (with one’s legs on either side of)
Portuguese
2 entries- montado adv (with one’s legs on either side)
- montado em prep (with one’s legs on either side of)
Russian
3 entries- верхо́м adv (with one’s legs on either side)
- верхо́м prep (with one’s legs on either side of)
- на prep (with one’s legs on either side of)
Spanish
1 entries- a horcajadas adv (with one’s legs on either side)
Swedish
4 entries- grensle adv (with one’s legs on either side)
- gränsle adv (with one’s legs on either side)
- grensle över prep (with one’s legs on either side of)
- gränsle över prep (with one’s legs on either side of)
Tagalog
4 entries- bisaklat adv (with one’s legs on either side)
- nakabisaklat adv (with one’s legs on either side)
- pabisaklat adv (with one’s legs on either side)
- bisaklat prep (with one’s legs on either side of)
Thai
1 entries- คร่อม adv (with one’s legs on either side)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
He sat astride over the main door.
Source: tatoeba (660895)
These, horsed astride / a surge's crest, rock pendent o'er the deep; / to those the wave's huge hollow, yawning wide, / lays bare the ground below; dark swells the sandy tide.
Source: tatoeba (6780248)
When we were children, the grown-ups carried us astride.
Source: tatoeba (9855363)
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