adv
Meaning 1
Astride.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
straddle
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈstɹædəl/
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[ˈstɹ̝̊wædəl] ~ [ˈstɹ̝̊wædl̩]
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[ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔wædəl] ~ [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔wædl̩]
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/ˈstɹæɾəl/ t-flapping
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[ˈstɹ̝̊wæɾəl] ~ [ˈstɹ̝̊wæɾl̩] t-flapping
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[ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔wæɾəl] ~ [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔wæɾl̩] t-flapping
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rhymes with -ædəl
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CMU ARPABET: S T R AE1 D AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A posture in which one straddles something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A pair or salvo of successive artillery shots falling both in front of and behind a target.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
Examples
- The first salvo fell short; the next was long; the third was a straddle.
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noun
Meaning 4
An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with put and call options on the same security at the same strike price, giving a non-directional position sensitive to volatility.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
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noun
Meaning 5
A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, poker
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noun
Meaning 6
A vertical mine-timber supporting a set.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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noun
Meaning 7
A part of a harness placed on the back of a beast of burden (such as a horse or donkey) to carry the weight of a load.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 8
To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stride
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arch, traverse
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To consider or favor two apparently opposite sides; to be noncommittal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Wanting to please both sides, he straddled the issue.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
To form a disorderly sprawl; to spread out irregularly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- This weed straddles the entire garden.
- Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 12
To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range (the term "bracket" is often used instead).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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verb
Meaning 13
To place a voluntary raise prior to receiving cards (only by the first player after the blinds).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, poker
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verb
Meaning 14
To stand with the ends staggered; said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 15
To execute a commodities market spread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: economics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 16
the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: option
noun
Meaning 17
the act of sitting or standing astride
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: span
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: motion, movement, move, motility
noun
Meaning 18
a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gymnastic exercise
noun
Meaning 19
a noncommittal or equivocal position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: position, view, perspective
verb
Meaning 20
range or extend over; occupy a certain area
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The plants straddle the entire state
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: range
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be
Narrower terms: spread-eagle
verb
Meaning 21
be noncommittal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 22
sit or stand astride of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
History
Etymology
As a verb, attested since the 1560s. Most likely, an alteration of dialectal striddle. The noun is first attested in the 1610s.
Across languages
Translations
87 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разкрач (razkrač) — posture
- Finnish: ratsastusasento — posture
- German: Grätsche — posture
- German: Spreize — posture
- Hungarian: terpesz — posture
- Polish: rozkrok — posture
- Finnish: haara — finance: investment strategy
- Finnish: straddle — finance: investment strategy
- Irish: srathair — finance: investment strategy
- Finnish: sokkokorotus — poker: raise made prior to receiving cards
- Irish: srathair — part of a harness
- Scottish Gaelic: srathair — part of a harness
- Arabic: اِمْتَطَى (imtaṭā) — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Bulgarian: възсядам (vǎzsjadam) — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Chinese Mandarin: 跨 (kuà) — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Chinese Mandarin: 跨骑 — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Chinese Mandarin: 横跨 (héngkuà) — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Dutch: schrijlings zitten op — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Finnish: istua hajareisin jonkin päällä — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Finnish: ratsastaa — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Finnish: seisoa hajareisin jonkin päällä — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- French: enfourcher — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- French: se mettre à califourchon — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- German: grätschen — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- German: spreizen — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- German: breitbeinig stehen — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- German: mit gespreizten Beinen stehen — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- German: rittlings sitzen — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Hindi: पैर फैलाकर बैठना (pair phailākar baiṭhnā) — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Hindi: दोनों ओर टाँगें करके बैठना (donõ or ṭāṅgẽ karke baiṭhnā) — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Hindi: बताने के लिये अनिच्छुक होना (batāne ke liye anicchuk honā) — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Hungarian: terpeszt — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Hungarian: szétvetett lábbal / lovaglóülésbenül (meg) — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Italian: divaricare — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Italian: sedersi a cavalcioni — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Japanese: 跨がる (matagaru) — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Latin: vārīcō — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Lithuanian: apžergti — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Lithuanian: apsižergti — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Lithuanian: sėdėti apžergus — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Occitan: escambarlar — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Occitan: encambar — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Occitan: enforcar — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Occitan: aforcar — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Portuguese: montar — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Russian: сидеть верхом (sidetʹ verxom) — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Serbo-Croatian: opkoračiti — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Serbo-Croatian: objahati — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Spanish: ahorcajarse — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Swedish: grensla — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Swedish: gränsla — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Turkish: bacaklarını ayırmak — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Ottoman Turkish: بینمك (binmek) — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Ukrainian: розставити ноги (rozstavyty nohy) — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Ukrainian: сидіти верхи (sydity verxy) — to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something
- Finnish: ulottua yli — to be on both sides of something
- Finnish: ylittää — to be on both sides of something
- Finnish: jatkua molemmin puolin — to be on both sides of something
- German: überspannen — to be on both sides of something
- German: überbrücken — to be on both sides of something
- German: überdecken — to be on both sides of something
- German: abdecken — to be on both sides of something
- German: überspreizen — to be on both sides of something
- German: sich über beide Seiten erstrecken — to be on both sides of something
- Hungarian: összeköt — to be on both sides of something
- Hungarian: két oldalán fekszik / terül el — to be on both sides of something
- Hungarian: közrefog — to be on both sides of something
- Walloon: asdjambler — to be on both sides of something
- Walloon: ascoxhî — to be on both sides of something
- Finnish: tasapainoilla — to consider or favor two apparently opposite sides
- Finnish: pyöritellä — to consider or favor two apparently opposite sides
- Finnish: käännellä — to consider or favor two apparently opposite sides
- Finnish: pallotella — to consider or favor two apparently opposite sides
- German: vermitteln — to consider or favor two apparently opposite sides
- German: ausweichen — to consider or favor two apparently opposite sides
- German: zwischen zwei Seiten schwanken — to consider or favor two apparently opposite sides
- Dutch: zich vrijblijvend opstellen — to form a disorderly sprawl
- Finnish: levittäytyä — to form a disorderly sprawl
- German: sich verteilen — to form a disorderly sprawl
- German: streuen — to form a disorderly sprawl
- German: sich zerstreuen — to form a disorderly sprawl
- German: sich ausbreiten — to form a disorderly sprawl
- Spanish: desparramar — to form a disorderly sprawl
- Bulgarian: хващам във вилица (hvaštam vǎv vilica) — to fire shots in front and behind of a target
- Dutch: voor en achter een doel schieten — to fire shots in front and behind of a target
- Finnish: haarukoida — to fire shots in front and behind of a target
- Italian: scavalcare — to fire shots in front and behind of a target
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