chevaucher
French → English
verb//ʃə.vo.ʃe//
(physical) To ride: to sit astride a horse, chair, or vehicle
Il chevaucha une chaise à l'envers pour s'approcher du poêle.
(English) He sat astride a chair backward to get closer to the stove.
Les cavaliers aiment chevaucher leurs montures dans la plaine.
(English) The riders love to ride their mounts across the plain.
verb//ʃə.vo.ʃe//
(geometry) To overlap: to extend over and cover part of another object
Les plaques tectoniques se chevauchent lors des tremblements de terre.
(English) Tectonic plates overlap during earthquakes.
Il est difficile d'ordonner ces idées car les problèmes se chevauchent.
(English) It is difficult to order these ideas because the problems overlap.
Entry ID: fr:en:chevaucher · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary