astride

«astride» in Mova's school dictionary: With one leg on each side of something, sitting or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

preposition; adverb (no change in form)

meaning for a pupil

With one leg on each side of something, sitting or standing across it, such as on the back of an animal. tree →

sense 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 →
• He sat astride the goat and rode off. tree →
• Jack my Hedgehog was astride the cock. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «astride» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.