chevaucher — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bestride verb To be astride something, to stand over or sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse.
- mount noun A hill or mountain, especially used before a proper name.
- overlap verb To extend over part of something else, partly covering it.
- ride verb To travel while sitting on and controlling a horse, bike, or similar vehicle.
- span noun The distance or length between two points, edges, or supports.
Senses
chevaucher is used for these senses in English:
- bestride (transitive) To be astride something, to stand over or sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse.
- mount (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
- overlap To extend over and partly cover something.
- overlap To have an area, range, character or function in common.
- ride (ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. [from 8th c., transitive usage from 9th c.]
- ride (ambitransitive, slang) To mount (someone) to have sex with them. [from 13th c.]
- span (transitive) To extend through the distance between or across.
bestride — full definition
- verb To be astride something, to stand over or sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse.
- verb To stride over, or across.
- verb To dominate.
mount — full definition
- noun A hill or mountain, especially used before a proper name.
- noun An animal, especially a horse, that a person rides.
- noun A backing, frame, or fixture that something is attached to or displayed on.
- verb To climb onto or get up on something, especially a horse or bicycle.
- verb To attach or fix something onto a support, backing, or wall.