📖 Definitions of "Straddles"
- 1
A posture in which one straddles something.
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An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with put and call options on same security with positions that offset one another.
- 3
A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.
- 4
A vertical mine-timber supporting a set.
- 1
To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.
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To be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.
"Putin seems to be everywhere at once, straddling the ocean, filling the sky, just like Stalin."
- 3
To consider or favor two apparently opposite sides; to be noncommittal.
"Wanting to please both sides, he straddled the issue."
- 4
To form a disorderly sprawl; to spread out irregularly.
"Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks"
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Straddles"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| rangeverb | A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc. |
| spanverb | (transitive) To extend through the distance between or across. |
| affectsverb | (transitive) To influence or alter. |
| coversnoun | The bedclothes; collectively, the sheets, blankets, etc. |
| crossesverb | A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other. |
| encompassesverb | (transitive) To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain. |
| extendsverb | (transitive) To cause to increase in extent. |
| overlapsverb | To extend over and partly cover something. |
| overliesverb | (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread. |
| recoversverb | (transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body). |
| rides | a British television series produced by the BBC between 1992 and 1993. |
| touchverb | Primarily physical senses. |
| touchesverb | Primarily physical senses. |
| transcendsverb | (transitive) To pass beyond the limits of something. |
| astraddle | In a straddling position; astride. |
| stradlingnoun | A surname. |
| astride | With one’s legs on either side. |
| crisscrossesnoun | (countable) A pattern of crossed lines. |
| sidesaddlenoun | A saddle, usually for a woman, in which the rider sits with both legs on the same side of the horse. |
| transversingverb | To lie or run across; to cross. |
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