astride
1 of 2adverb
ə-ˈstrīd 
1
: with one leg on each side : astride a horse
she rode astride, not sidesaddle
2
: with the legs stretched wide apart
standing astride
astride
2 of 2preposition
1
: on or above and with one leg on each side of
astride a horse
2
: placed or lying on both sides of
towns lying astride a river
3
: extending over or across : spanning, bridging
Example Sentences
Preposition She was sitting astride a horse. The town lies astride a narrow river.
Recent Examples on the Web
New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022 Stanley Jenkins stands astride the nation as a colossus of American folk food. Fox News, 10 June 2022 He's probably never seen a woman ride astride before. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2022 But one man's bronze likeness, that of Robert E. Lee, remained upon Traveller, the horse that the monument's supporters fought to keep him astride. Eliott C. Mclaughlin, CNN, 12 Sep. 2021 The boy had his grandmother’s smile, a perched grin with flushed cheeks astride. Kenneth R. Rosen, Wired, 17 Nov. 2020 Bonheur wore her hair short, rode astride instead of sidesaddle, learned how to shoot a gun and occasionally hunted rabbits. Claudine Doury, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2020 But these massive irrigation systems don’t sit astride deep green circles of alfalfa. AZCentral.com, 5 Dec. 2019 Do guests even have to like horses, much less get astride one? Janet Fullwood, The Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2019 Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 29 July 2022 The Lee equestrian, too, might never have been built without the effort of printmakers: this time a Baltimore lithography firm supplied a popular portrait of Lee astride his horse, Traveler, as a fundraising premium. Harold Holzer, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2020 Utgaard, a native of Maddock, founded the music camp in 1956 at the International Peace Garden that sits astride the North Dakota and Canadian border, north of Dunseith. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2022 The Russian evacuation marks a new phase in the back-and-forth battle for Snake Island, a treeless, 570-acre rock that lies astride the main shipping lane between the Bosphorous Strait and Odesa. David Axe, Forbes, 30 June 2022 Cloudiness ought not obscure recognition of Friday as a fine day, emblematic of its special place astride the seam between late spring and early summer. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 11 June 2022 Tom Cruise, age 59, is back in the leather aviator jacket astride his speeding Kawasaki motorcycle. John Jurgensen, WSJ, 28 May 2022 At the same time, the Ukrainian army and navy finally scraped the last Russian troops off Snake Island, a rocky islet that sits astride the shipping route to Odesa, Ukraine’s largest port. David Axe, Forbes, 5 July 2022 These are not comfortable days in Washington for pharmacy benefit managers, the highly consolidated group of intermediaries that sit astride the drug supply chain. Karen Van Nuys, STAT, 3 July 2022 See More
Adverb
Bull riders and bareback contestants must stay astride for at least eight seconds in order to be eligible to win and be scored on the quality of their rides. New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022 Stanley Jenkins stands astride the nation as a colossus of American folk food. Fox News, 10 June 2022 He's probably never seen a woman ride astride before. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2022 But one man's bronze likeness, that of Robert E. Lee, remained upon Traveller, the horse that the monument's supporters fought to keep him astride. Eliott C. Mclaughlin, CNN, 12 Sep. 2021 The boy had his grandmother’s smile, a perched grin with flushed cheeks astride. Kenneth R. Rosen, Wired, 17 Nov. 2020 Bonheur wore her hair short, rode astride instead of sidesaddle, learned how to shoot a gun and occasionally hunted rabbits. Claudine Doury, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2020 But these massive irrigation systems don’t sit astride deep green circles of alfalfa. AZCentral.com, 5 Dec. 2019 Do guests even have to like horses, much less get astride one? Janet Fullwood, The Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2019 Preposition
Rosen, typically clad in a newsboy cap, a bag strapped across his shoulder, and astride a bright red cruiser bike—replete with almost cartoonishly large off-white tires—became a talismanic presence for me on the neighborhood streets. Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 29 July 2022 The Lee equestrian, too, might never have been built without the effort of printmakers: this time a Baltimore lithography firm supplied a popular portrait of Lee astride his horse, Traveler, as a fundraising premium. Harold Holzer, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2020 Utgaard, a native of Maddock, founded the music camp in 1956 at the International Peace Garden that sits astride the North Dakota and Canadian border, north of Dunseith. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2022 The Russian evacuation marks a new phase in the back-and-forth battle for Snake Island, a treeless, 570-acre rock that lies astride the main shipping lane between the Bosphorous Strait and Odesa. David Axe, Forbes, 30 June 2022 Cloudiness ought not obscure recognition of Friday as a fine day, emblematic of its special place astride the seam between late spring and early summer. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 11 June 2022 Tom Cruise, age 59, is back in the leather aviator jacket astride his speeding Kawasaki motorcycle. John Jurgensen, WSJ, 28 May 2022 At the same time, the Ukrainian army and navy finally scraped the last Russian troops off Snake Island, a rocky islet that sits astride the shipping route to Odesa, Ukraine’s largest port. David Axe, Forbes, 5 July 2022 These are not comfortable days in Washington for pharmacy benefit managers, the highly consolidated group of intermediaries that sit astride the drug supply chain. Karen Van Nuys, STAT, 3 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Adverb
1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Preposition
1653, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
astride
preposition
ə-ˈstrīd
: with one leg on each side of
He sat astride his horse.