transcription, транскрипция: [ bi-ˈstrīd, bē- ]
transitive verb
( be·strode -ˈstrōd ; be·strid·den -ˈstri-d ə n ; be·strid·ing -ˈstrī-diŋ)
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