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  • 121straddle — v 1. bestride, bestraddle, get astride of, stand or sit astride; sit or stand with legs apart. 2.Informal. refrain from committing oneself, be noncommittal, waffle, hedge, sit on the fence; be vague or indefinite or ambiguous, equivocate, Inf.… …

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  • 122straddle — strad•dle [[t]ˈstræd l[/t]] v. dled, dling, n. 1) to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride 2) to be positioned wide apart, as the legs 3) to favor or appear to favor both of two opposite sides; equivocate 4) to stand… …

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  • 123straddle — [c]/ˈstrædl / (say stradl) verb (straddled, straddling) –verb (i) 1. to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride. 2. to stand wide apart, as the legs. –verb (t) 3. to walk, stand, or sit with one leg on each side of;… …

  • 124περιβιβάζω — put astride pres subj act 1st sg περιβιβάζω put astride pres ind act 1st sg …

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  • 125stride — [strīd] vi. strode, stridden, striding [ME striden < OE stridan, akin to Ger streiten, to quarrel < IE * streidh < base * (s)ter , to be stiff, rigid > STARE, STARVE] 1. to walk with long steps, esp. in a vigorous or swaggering manner …

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  • 126bestride — v.tr. (past bestrode; past part. bestridden) 1 sit astride on. 2 stand astride over. Etymology: OE bestridan …

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  • 127stridling — ˈstridlə̇n, liŋ adverb or stridlings lə̇nz, liŋz Etymology: Middle English stridling, stridlinges, from striden to stride + ling, linges ling, lings chiefly Scotland : astride * * * strideˈways or stridling /stri …

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  • 128a|strad|dle — «uh STRAD uhl», preposition, adjective, adverb. = astride. (Cf. ↑astride) …

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