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bestride

[ bih-strahyd ]

verb (used with object)

, be·strode or be·strid, be·strid·den or be·strid, be·strid·ing.
  1. to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
  2. to step over or across with long strides.
  3. to stand or tower over; dominate.


bestride

/ bɪˈstraɪd /

verb

  1. to have or put a leg on either side of
  2. to extend across; span
  3. to stride over or across
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bestride1

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

The chief wanted a brave boy, to bestride a horse and wield a sword, and govern the unruly Grant clan with a strong hand.

It is no known animal which they bestride, having a face something like that of a caterpillar.

In the midst a dark and lazy current, which a tall man might bestride, crept twisting like a snake among the weeds and rushes.

Leg of man, swears grand old Pierre, shall never more bestride my steed; no more shall harness touch him!

Nobody rode at the Hall, and she longed to bestride a pony and dash off for a twenty-mile canter.

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