bestride

be·stride  (b-strd)

tr.v. be·strode (-strd), 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.

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

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bestride [bɪˈstraɪd]

vb -strides, -striding, -strode archaic, -strid -stridden archaic, -strid (tr)

1. to have or put a leg on either side of

2. to extend across; span

3. to stride over or across

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

bestride - get up on the back of; "mount a horse" climb on, hop on, jump on, mount up, get on, mount move - 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"

Translations

bestride [bɪˈstraɪd] (bestrode (pt) (bestridden (pp))) VT [+ horse] → montar a horcajadas; [+ stream etc] → cruzar de un tranco (fig) → dominar

bestride pret <bestrode or bestrid> ptp <bestridden>

vt (= sit astride) → rittlings sitzen auf (+dat); (= stand astride) → (mit gespreizten Beinen) stehen über (+dat); (= mount) → sich schwingen auf (+acc); (fig: = dominate) → beherrschen; to bestride the world like a Colossus → die Welt beherrschen