bestride
/bɪˈstɹaɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To be astride something, to stand over or sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "& thou were the truest frende to thy louar that euer bestrade hors "And thou were the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrad horse""
- "But fleeter far the pinions of the Wind, / Which from Siberian caves the monarch freed, / And sent him forth, with squadrons of his kind, / And bade the Snow their ample backs bestride, / And to the battle ride."
- "The knightly Crusader bestrides a war-horse of heavy proportions , which he has suddenly reined in , as he waves on high a flag as a rallying sign for his followers."
- "He threw in my way a piece of timber which I bestrided, and the waves tossed me to and fro till they cast me upon an island coast […]"
- "Apart from the traffic that is originated within its own district, Doncaster is the hub of many important Eastern Region flows. [...] It bestrides busy routes to and from the Midlands and, of course, is a landmark on the East Coast trunk route between north and south."
- "[…] she would take the betrothal document from her father's chest of drawers and pore over the signature: Ezriel Babad. […] His signature seemed to bestride her own."
Etymology
From Middle English bestriden, from Old English bestrīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *bistrīdan; equivalent to be- + stride. Compare Dutch bestrijden, German bestreiten.
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bɪˈstɹaɪd/