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Word entry · 7 letters

astride

Best crossword clue

"Legs apart"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /əˈstɹaɪ̯d/Part of speech adverbSorted adeirstStarts with AEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1A2S3T4R5I6D7E

Definitions

  1. with one leg on each side

Word origin

From a- + stride.

Used in a sentence

  • The men ride their horses astride.
  • The boy sat astride his father’s knee.
  • Chʻung-ming, an island astride the mouth of the Yangtze, had been captured against quite stiff opposition from the Chinese River Defense Force and was being developed into an advance naval and air base.

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