About The Word Bestride
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Bestride
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What's The Definition Of Bestride?
[v] get on the back of; "mount a horse"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Bestride: climb on | get on | hop on | jump on | mount | mount up Related Terms | Find terms related to Bestride: abut on | arch over | back | be based on | bear on | bestraddle | board | bridge | bypass | clear | climb on | command | cross | dictate | dominate | extend over | ford | get ahead of | get in | get on | go aboard | go across | go by | go on board | hang over | have the ascendancy | hop in | imbricate | jump in | jut | lap | lap over | lean on | lie on | lie over | look down upon | master | mount | outtop | overarch | overhang | overlap | overlie | overlook | override | overshadow | overstride | overtop | pass | pass by | pass over | perch | pile in | play first fiddle | predominate | preponderate | prevail | rely on | repose on | rest on | ride | rise above | rule the roost | shingle | shoot ahead of | sit on | span | stand on | step over | straddle | stride | surmount | take the lead | top | tower above | tower over | twist | wear the pants Bestride In Webster's Dictionary \Be*stride"\, v. t. [imp. {Bestrode}, (Obs. or R.)
{Bestrid}; p. p. {Bestridden}, {Bestrid}, {Bestrode}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Bestriding}.] [AS. bestr[=i]dan; pref. be- +
str[=i]dan to stride.]
1. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with
the legs astride; to stand over
That horse that thou so often hast bestrid. --Shak.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a
Colossus. --Shak.
2. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a
threshold.
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