Definition of Bestride

1. Verb. Get up on the back of. "Mount a horse"

Exact synonyms: Climb On, Get On, Hop On, Jump On, Mount, Mount Up
Generic synonyms: Move
Specialized synonyms: Remount
Antonyms: Hop Out
Derivative terms: Mount

Definition of Bestride

1. v. t. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over

Definition of Bestride

1. Verb. To be astride something, to sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse. ¹

2. Verb. (figuratively) To dominate ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bestride

1. to straddle [v -STRODE or -STRID, -STRIDDEN, -STRIDING, -STRIDES] - See also: straddle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bestride

bestraddled
bestraddles
bestraddling
bestraught
bestraughted
bestreak
bestreaks
bestream
bestrew
bestrewed
bestrewing
bestrewn
bestrews
bestrid
bestridden
bestride (current term)
bestrides
bestriding
bestrode
bestrow
bestrowed
bestrowing
bestrown
bestrows
bestrut
bests
bestseller
bestsellerdom
bestsellerdoms
bestsellers

Literary usage of Bestride

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"White myriads for death to bestride In t In.- charge of the ruining Atlantic Where deaths by regiments ride, With clouds and clamors of waters. ..."

2. Hudibras: A Poem by Samuel Butler (1822)
"So have I seen, with armed heel, 925 A wight bestride a Commonweal, While still the more he kick'd and spurr'd, The less the sullen jade has stirr'd. ..."

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