Definition of bestride Bestride
be•stride
We found 7 definitions of bestride from 5 different sources.
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What does bestride mean?
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| bestride - get up on the back of; "mount a horse" | ||
| hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on | ||
| hop out, get off get out of quickly; "The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car" | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| remount provide with fresh horses; "remount a regiment" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bestride (v. t.)
To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over - bestride (v. t.)
To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bestride
be-strīd′, 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
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🔤- bestride, verb, present, 1st person singular of bestride (infinitive).
- bestride, verb (infinitive).
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