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straddle
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verb
sit or stand astride of
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verb
(= range)
range or extend over; occupy a certain area
The plants straddle the entire state
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verb
be noncommittal
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noun
a noncommittal or equivocal position
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noun
the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options
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noun
the act of sitting or standing astride
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noun
a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
fence
Noun
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A fence is like a thin wall that is not part of a building. It stops people or animals from going from one outdoors place to another. It may have many big holes that you can see through, but not big enough for people to walk through.
We put up a tall fence around the yard so that the dog couldn't get out.
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A fence is a person who buys things from people who stole the things, and then sells the things again to other people.
I don't think anyone will steal this, because they wouldn't get much money for it. They'd have to sell it to a fence.
fence
Verb
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When someone fences a piece of land, they put up a fence around it.
This field has been fenced for years, because they used to keep cows here.
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When someone fences, they fight with swords as a sport.
I can hear the sound of the swords hitting each other, from people fencing in the gym.
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When someone fences something, they sell it to a fence.
We can't give you back what we stole. We fenced it.