v.
Pronunciation: bi- ' str ī d, b ē -
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: -strode \ - ' str ō d \ ; -strid · den \ - ' stri-d ə n \ ; -strid · ing \ - ' str ī -di ŋ \
Date: before 12th century
1 : to ride, sit, or stand astride : STRADDLE
2 : to tower over : DOMINATE <the bloated bureaucracy that bestride s us all ― Edward Ney>
3 archaic : to stride across