straddle

Object

• equator: The Galapagos Islands straddle the equator 600 miles west of Ecuador.
• border: The large Acer site straddles the border between the two old counties.
• boundary: Here, too, straddling the county boundary, sits Longleat in its magnificent park.
• divide: Over the last ten years a huge amount of money has been invested in this problem which has straddled the industry academia divide.
• frontier: It straddles a language frontier - where French meets Flemish, where south meets north.
• globe: The dragon of Nature straddles the globe of the Earth.

Adjective modifier

• short: Short straddles represent the opposite prediction that a stock price will not change.

Modifies a noun

• carrier: A container belonging to the defendant shipowners exploded whilst on the terminal and destroyed a straddle carrier and terminal tug and trailer.
• loader: Hence the boat can be lifted within the framework of the straddle loader.
• entry: Download Tick Sheet as pdf Seal 2 Demonstrate the ability to: Perform a straddle entry from the poolside.
• jump: If shallow water substitute straddle jump or step entry.
• boundary: In some dioceses, particularly those which straddle county boundaries, there may be more than one archeological advisor.
• posture: The open hip angle and straddle posture supports the lumbar curve without a backrest.

Modifying Another Word

• now: A new development now straddles the Jutland Street basin.
• also: They also straddle the suffrage question, leaving it to the states.
• not: When guarding the thrower, the marker may not straddle the pivot foot of the thrower.
• often: Parishes, it should also be remembered, often straddled county boundaries.
• successfully: The book successfully straddles the boundary that separates a text book from a history book.
• still: Up to that point, I was still straddling two different types of structure.

Adjective complement

• more: Also, some of the techniques straddle more than one category.