straddle

«straddle» in Mova's school dictionary: to stand or sit with one leg on each side of something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (straddles, straddled, straddling)

meaning for a pupil

1) To straddle is to stand or sit with one leg on each side of something. tree →

2) To straddle is to stretch across both sides of something, like a bridge across a river. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a giant or hero stands with legs wide over a river, hill or fence; the bridge straddles the river

examples

• She straddled the bench to climb over it. tree →
• The bridge straddles the river. tree →
• He straddled the log and rode it across the stream. tree →
• The giant straddled the valley. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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