bestride

be·stride

B0212200 (bĭ-strīd′)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.

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[Middle English bistriden, from Old English bestrīdan : be-, be- + strīdan, to mount a horse; see stride.]

bestride

(bɪˈstraɪd) vb (tr) , -strides, -striding or -strode, archaic -strid, -stridden or archaic -strid1. to have or put a leg on either side of2. to extend across; span3. to stride over or across

be•stride

(bɪˈstraɪd)

v.t. -strode -strid, -strid•den -strid, -strid•ing. 1. to get or be astride of; straddle. 2. to tower over; dominate. 3. to step over with long strides. [before 1000]

bestride

Past participle: bestrode
Gerund: bestriding

Imperative
bestride
bestride

Present
I bestride
you bestride
he/she/it bestrides
we bestride
you bestride
they bestride

Preterite
I bestrode
you bestrode
he/she/it bestrode
we bestrode
you bestrode
they bestrode

Present Continuous
I am bestriding
you are bestriding
he/she/it is bestriding
we are bestriding
you are bestriding
they are bestriding

Present Perfect
I have bestrode
you have bestrode
he/she/it has bestrode
we have bestrode
you have bestrode
they have bestrode

Past Continuous
I was bestriding
you were bestriding
he/she/it was bestriding
we were bestriding
you were bestriding
they were bestriding

Past Perfect
I had bestrode
you had bestrode
he/she/it had bestrode
we had bestrode
you had bestrode
they had bestrode

Future
I will bestride
you will bestride
he/she/it will bestride
we will bestride
you will bestride
they will bestride

Future Perfect
I will have bestrode
you will have bestrode
he/she/it will have bestrode
we will have bestrode
you will have bestrode
they will have bestrode

Future Continuous
I will be bestriding
you will be bestriding
he/she/it will be bestriding
we will be bestriding
you will be bestriding
they will be bestriding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bestriding
you have been bestriding
he/she/it has been bestriding
we have been bestriding
you have been bestriding
they have been bestriding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bestriding
you will have been bestriding
he/she/it will have been bestriding
we will have been bestriding
you will have been bestriding
they will have been bestriding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bestriding
you had been bestriding
he/she/it had been bestriding
we had been bestriding
you had been bestriding
they had been bestriding

Conditional
I would bestride
you would bestride
he/she/it would bestride
we would bestride
you would bestride
they would bestride

Past Conditional
I would have bestrode
you would have bestrode
he/she/it would have bestrode
we would have bestrode
you would have bestrode
they would have bestrode

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

bestride - get up on the back of; "mount a horse"climb on, hop on, jump on, mount up, get on, mountmove - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"remount - mount again; "he remounted his horse"

bestride

verbTo sit or stand with a leg on each side of:straddle, stride.

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