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scavalcare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bypass noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
  • straddle verb To sit or stand with one leg on each side of something.
  • stride verb To walk with long, confident steps.

Senses

scavalcare is used for these senses in English:

  • bypass To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.
  • straddle (military) To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range (the term "bracket" is often used instead).
  • stride (intransitive) To walk with long steps.

bypass — full definition

  1. noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
  2. noun A surgical procedure that reroutes blood flow around a blocked or damaged part.
  3. verb To avoid something by going around it, or to skip normal procedure.

straddle — full definition

  1. verb To sit or stand with one leg on each side of something.
  2. verb To span or extend across both sides of something, or to hold a position between two options without committing fully to either.
  3. noun An options-trading strategy that bets on a security moving sharply in either direction.

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