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bestride

[ bih-strahyd ]

/ bɪˈstraɪd /

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verb (used with object), be·strode or be·strid, be·strid·den or be·strid, be·strid·ing.

to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.

to step over or across with long strides.

to stand or tower over; dominate.

Origin of bestride

before 1000; Middle English bestriden, Old English bestrīdan. See be-, stride

Words nearby bestride

bestie, bestir, bestow, bestraddle, bestrew, bestride, bestrow, bestseller, bestud, bet, bet on the wrong horse

Example sentences from the Web for bestride

They were forced to bestride sharp peaks and leap over chasms so deep that they did not dare to look down them.

In Search of the Castaways |Jules Verne
To open it, to scale the frame, to bestride it, was the work of a second only.

Les Misrables |Victor Hugo
Combinations of capital or of labor, ruled by a few individuals, bestride the land with immense power both for good and evil.

Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 |George William Brown.
Nobody rode at the Hall, and she longed to bestride a pony and dash off for a twenty-mile canter.

Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island |Alice Emerson

He that shall come to bestride your Virginity, had better be afoot o'er the Dragon.

Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (7 of 10): |Francis Beaumont

British Dictionary definitions for bestride

bestride

/ (bɪˈstraɪd) /

verb -strides, -striding or -strode or archaic -strid, -stridden or archaic -strid (tr)

to have or put a leg on either side of

to extend across; span

to stride over or across