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# astride

preposition; adverb (no change in form)

«astride» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

With one leg on each side of something, sitting or standing across it, such as on the back of an animal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astride/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a rider or a hero sitting on an animal, often a goat, a horse or a cock

### Examples

- The boy sat astride the pony. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astride/#x1)
- He sat astride the goat and rode off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astride/#x2)
- Jack my Hedgehog was astride the cock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astride/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «astride» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astride/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«astride» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/astride.html) on Mova free.