bestride

Definition of Bestride in English :

get up on the back of

Example Sentences:
'mount a horse'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bestride

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

1.

to have or put a leg on either side of

2.

to extend across; span

3.

to stride over or across

verb transitiveWord forms: beˈstrode (bɛˈstroʊd ; bestrōdˈ), beˈstridden (bɛˈstrɪdən ; bestridˈ'n), beˈstriding

1.

to sit on, mount, or stand over with a leg on each side; straddle

2. Archaic

to stride over or across

tr.v. be·strode (-strōd), be·strid·den (-strĭdn), be·strid·ing, be·strides

1. To sit or stand on with the legs astride; straddle.

2. To dominate by position; tower over: "Hitler's ghost, the specter that ... bestrides mid-twentieth-century history" (Economist).

3. Archaic To step or stride across.