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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
astride
 
SYLLABICATION:a·stride
PRONUNCIATION:  -strd
ADVERB:1. With a leg on each side: riding astride. 2. With the legs wide apart.
PREPOSITION:1. On or over and with a leg on each side of. 2. Situated on both sides of. 3. Lying across or over; spanning.
 
 
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