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| Main Entry: |
straddle
 [strad-l] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bestride |
| Synonyms: | bestraddle, mount, ride |
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| Main Entry: | hesitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait; be uncertain |
| Synonyms: | alternate, balance, balk, be irresolute, be reluctant, be unwilling, blow hot and cold, dally, debate, defer, delay, demur, dillydally, dither, doubt, equivocate, falter, flounder, fluctuate, fumble, hang back, hang*, hedge, hem and haw, hold back, hold off, hover, linger, oscillate, pause, ponder, pull back, pussyfoot, scruple, seesaw, shift, shrink, shy away, sit on fence, stammer, stop, straddle, stumble, stutter, swerve, tergiversate, think about, think twice, vacillate, waffle, waver, weigh |
| Antonyms: | attack, carry on, continue, go, go ahead, persevere, resolve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ramble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander about; travel aimlessly |
| Synonyms: | amble, bat around, be all over the map, branch off, clamber, climb, cruise, depart, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, excurse, extend, fork, gad, gallivant, get sidetracked, knock about, knock around, meander, perambulate, percolate, peregrinate, promenade, range, roam, rove, saunter, scramble, snake, sprangle, sprawl, spread, spread-eagle, straddle, straggle, stray, stroll, trail, traipse, turn, twist, walk, wind, zigzag |
| Antonyms: | be direct, stay |
Example Sentences
- Set the door down on the latch edge and straddle it.
- They straddle busy sea lanes and are rich fishing grounds.
- The purée should straddle the consistency line between a pâté and a mousse.
| Main Entry: | sprawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sit or lie spread out |
| Synonyms: | drape, extend, flop, lie, lie spread-eagle, loll, lounge, ramble, recline, sit, slouch, slump, spread, straddle, straggle, stretch, trail |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | straggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander, stray |
| Synonyms: | be late, dawdle, drift, lag, loiter, maunder, meander, poke, poke around, ramble, range, roam, rove, scramble, spread, straddle, string out, tail, trail |
| Antonyms: | hurry, run, rush |
| Main Entry: | vacillate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go back and forth |
| Synonyms: | alternate, be indecisive, be irresolute, change, change mind, dither, fence-straddle, fluctuate, hedge, hem and haw, hesitate, hover, oscillate, pause, pussyfoot around, reel, rock, run hot and cold, seesaw, shilly-shally, stagger, straddle, sway, swing, waffle, waver, whiffle, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | spread-eagle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sprawl |
| Synonyms: | drape, extend, flop, lie, lie spread-eagle, loll, lounge, ramble, recline, sit, slouch, slump, spread, straddle, straggle, stretch, trail |
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