Bestride

[bɪ'straɪd]

Definition

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

(v. t.) To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.

Inputed by Armand

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Straddle, stride over.[2]. Ride upon astraddle.

Checked by Felicia

Definition

v.t. to stride over: to sit or stand across: to defend protect from the sense of standing over a fallen man to defend him:—pa.t. bestrid′ bestrōde′; pa.p. bestrid′ bestrid′den.

Editor: Margie