Definition of Astride

Astride

With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle.

Related Definitions:

Apart, As, Astraddle, Each, Horseback, Leg, Man, On, One, Side, Stretched, The, When, Wide, With

Astride Quotations

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
Samuel Beckett

I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

But there's a little guy who sits astride my brain with a whip, and if I'm away from the machine for more than a couple of hours during the day, this little guy's lashing away.
Brian Lumley

Six decades ago, as Mao's Communists seized power, the question in Washington was, 'Who lost China?' Now, as his capitalist descendants stand astride the world stage and Washington worries about decline, it seems to be, 'Who lost America?'
Eric Liu

Companions are we, enlivened by a mighty gallop quickly sliding a harsh straw basket of sea foam gathered astride the tide.
Bradley Chicho

Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence.
Lemuel K. Washburn

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Astride Translations

astride in German is rittlings
astride in Italian is a cavalcioni
astride in Norwegian is overskrevs
astride in Spanish is a horcajadas
astride in Swedish is grensle

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