Found 2 items, similar to bestride.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bestride bestride v : get on the back of; “mount a horse” [syn: hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on] [ant: hop out ] [also: bestrode, bestridden, bestrid]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bestride Bestride \Be*stride"\, v. t. [imp. Bestrode, (Obs. or R.) Bestrid; p. p. Bestridden, Bestrid, Bestrode; p. pr. & vb. n. Bestriding.] [AS. bestr[=i]dan; pref. be- + str[=i]dan to stride.] 1. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over [1913 Webster] That horse that thou so often hast bestrid. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold. [1913 Webster]