Thesaurus: bestride

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1. v. t. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over
2. v. t. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.
3. v. get up on the back of
4. 1. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over That horse that thou so often hast bestrid. Shak. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus. Shak. 2. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.
5. v:100 v get up on the back of