| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To astraddle or straddle.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb bestride.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (bestride) | 1. Get up on the back of.[Wordnet]. 2. Get on the back of; "mount a horse".[Wordnet]. 3. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over.[Websters]. 4. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: bestriding, bestrided, bestrides, bestrider, bestriders, bestridingly and bestridedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "BESTRIDING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BESTRIDING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Extending the legs over any thing, so as to include it between them.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of bestride. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
