straddle

[US]/'stræd(ə)l/
[UK]/'strædl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. sit or stand with one leg on either side of (something)
vt. sit or stand with one leg on either side of (something)
n. the action of sitting or standing with one leg on either side of (something)
Word Forms
Present Participlestraddling
Third Person Singularstraddles
Past Tensestraddled
Past Participlestraddled
Pluralstraddles

Phrases & Collocations

straddle position

straddle the fence

Example Sentences

straddle on the tariff issue

straddle a political question

The village straddles the frontier.

The shots straddled the target.

a man who had straddled the issue of taxes.

he turned the chair round and straddled it.

Real-world Examples

Avery straddled the rope and jumped.

Source: Charlotte's Web

With or without permission, they straddle laws, jurisdictions, and identities with ease.

Source: Past exam papers for English reading comprehension (English II) in the postgraduate entrance examination.

Monica Monica, you could come in straddling him, they still wouldn't believe it.

Source: Friends Season 2

Take that frog out! ordered Fern. Avery straddled the rope and jumped.

Source: Charlotte's Web

Then you straddled the knot, so that it acted as a seat.

Source: Charlotte's Web

Many of which like the Uzbeks, Tajiks and Pashtuns straddled the country's borders.

Source: Realm of Legends

Straddling the boundary between the sacred and the profane, they can be great social unifiers and dividers.

Source: BBC documentary "A Hundred Treasures Talk About the Changes of Time"

" It is the rare person who has the tools and resourcefulness to straddle the divide."

Source: New York Times

The colossal statue of the sun god Helios didn't actually straddle the entrance to Rhodes's harbour as a rumour suggests.

Source: Encyclopædia Britannica

This means a block can straddle, say, the interface between a metal pipe and the rock surrounding it.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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