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View definitions for bestride

bestride

verb as in dominate

verb as in mount

verb as in straddle

Weak match

verb as in tower above

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Example Sentences

The chief wanted a brave boy, to bestride a horse and wield a sword, and govern the unruly Grant clan with a strong hand.

It is no known animal which they bestride, having a face something like that of a caterpillar.

In the midst a dark and lazy current, which a tall man might bestride, crept twisting like a snake among the weeds and rushes.

Leg of man, swears grand old Pierre, shall never more bestride my steed; no more shall harness touch him!

Nobody rode at the Hall, and she longed to bestride a pony and dash off for a twenty-mile canter.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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