Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - straddle
Straddle
straddle
v. & n. --v. 1 tr. a sit or stand across (a thing) with the legs wide apart. b be situated across or on both sides of (the town straddles the border). 2 intr. a sit or stand in this way. b (of the legs) be wide apart. 3 tr. part (one's legs) widely. 4 tr. drop shots or bombs short of and beyond (a target). 5 tr. vacillate between two policies etc. regarding (an issue). --n. 1 the act or an instance of straddling. 2 Stock Exch. an option giving the holder the right of either calling for or delivering stock at a fixed price. Derivatives straddler n. Etymology: alt. of striddle, back-form. f. striddlings astride f. strid- = STRIDE STRADIVARIUS n. a violin or other stringed instrument made by Antonio Stradivari of Cremona (d. 1737) or his followers. Etymology: Latinized f. Stradivari
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I. verb (~d; straddling) Etymology: irregular from stride Date: 1565 intransitive verb to stand, sit, or walk with the legs wide apart, to spread out irregularly ; sprawl, to favor or seem to favor two apparently opposite sides, to execute a commodities market spread, transitive verb to stand, sit, or be astride of , to be noncommittal in regard to , to belong in part to (each of several categories) , ~r noun II. noun Date: 1611 the act or position of one who ~s, a noncommittal or equivocal position, spread 5 ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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