Definitions of straddle:

• 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
• noun:   the act of sitting or standing astride
• noun:   a gymnastic exercise performed with the legs straddling the parallel bars
• noun:   a noncommittal or equivocal position
• verb:   be noncommittal
• verb:   sit or stand astride of
• verb:   range or extend over; occupy a certain area

  Example: "The plants straddle the entire state"