be·stride (b -str d )tr.v. be·strode (-str  d), be·strid·den (-strdn), 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. [Middle English bistriden, from Old English bestr dan : be-, be- + strdan, to mount a horse; see stride.] |
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