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Definition: Bestride |
BestrideVerb1. Get on the back of; "mount a horse". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bestride" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references) |
Note: Bestride \Be*stride"\, transitive verb. [Imperative Bestrode, (Obsolete) Bestrid; present participle Bestridden, Bestrid, Bestrode; present participle verb or noun Bestriding.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: BestrideSynonyms: climb on (v), get on (v), hop on (v), jump on (v), mount (v), mount up (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: hop out (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Height | Verb: be high; Adjective: tower, soar, command; hover, hover over, fly over;orbit, be in orbit; cap, culminate; overhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mount; perch, surmount; cover; overtop; (be superior); stand on tiptoe. |
Support | Verb: be supported; lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on; have at one's back; bestride, bestraddle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bestride |
| English words defined with "bestride": Bestraddle, Bestrid, Bestridden, Bestriding, Bestrode ♦ Equitant. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bestride": BIDET ♦ Rhodian Bully. (references) |
Expression using "bestride": bestride the world like a colossus. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "bestride"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shaloj (saddle), i hipi shaluar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تخطى (encroach, encroachment, exceed, go beyond, outrun, overpass, overreach, overshoot, overstep, overtake, run over, skip, surpass, transgress, tread over), ركب مباعدا ما بين رجليه. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разпръсквам (disject, distribute, intersperse, lay, spread, whiffle), покривам (cap, case, clothe, coat, cope, cover, cover up, deck, defray, do over, encase, encrust, enshroud, film, horse, invest, mantle, overcast, overlay, overlie, overspread, pave, pit, pustulate, sheet, surmount, vesture, wreathe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | jezdit na koni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | enjamber, enfourcher, être cheval. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | stehen über (rise above), schwingen auf, rittlings sitzen auf. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κάθομαι καβάλα, ιππεύω (hack, mount, prance, ride), διασκελίζω (straddle, stride). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | terpeszállásban áll (to spraddle, to straddle), meglovagol. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | stendersi attraverso (span), stare a cavallo di, stare a cavalcioni di, scavalcare (climb over, go ahead, jump, overtake, supplant), attraversare (cross, go, go across, go beyond, go through, overpass, pass, pass through, span, transfer, traverse, walk across). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shassoo goal-scarree, goalscarree (astride). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | estridebay transpor (clear, convert, cross, go beyond, jump, overjump, overleap, overpass, pass, put across, stride, surmount, transfer, transpose), montar (assemble, back, clamp, confection, grip, link, mount, pitch, reach, ride, run up, set, set up, trim), cavalgar (Mount, ride). (various references) urca (ascend, go up, grow, heave, lift, Mount, rise, scale, soar, swell, uplift), trece peste (bridge, clear, draw, get over, go over, jump, override, overrule, overrun, pass over, span, stride, surmount, tread), sta cãlare pe, fi stãpân pe o situaţie, încãleca (back, horse, stride, subdue, subjugate, take horse). (various references) стоять расставив ноги, перешагивать. (various references) uzjahati (mount, remount), opkoračiti (straddle), jahati (jockey, ride). (various references) salvar (circumvent, cover, do, jump, jump over, keep, negotiate, overcome, pull through, rescue, salvage, salve, save, shoot, throw in), estar sentado a horcajadas en, cabalgar (ride). (various references) sitta gränsle över, grensla (straddle). (various references) นั่งหรือยืนคร่อม. (various references) bacaklarını ayırarak binmek, idare etmek (administer, administrate, boss, conduct, content oneself, control, direct, govern, guide, handle, husband, look after, make both ends meet, make do, make it do, make out, make shift, manage, manipulate, mastermind, officer, quarterback, rein in, rub, rub along, rule, scrape along, spin out, steer, supervise), hükmetmek (adjudge, assume, award, be in the ascendant, be in the ascendent, command, decide on, dominate, domineer, govern, make an award, overrule, reckon, rule, rule over, sway), ata biner gibi oturmak (straddle, stride), aşmak (be in excess of, clear, defeat, exceed, go beyond, negotiate, outgo, outreach, overbrim, overlap, overrun, overstep, pass, pass beyond, pass over, stride, surmount, surpass, top, transcend, transgress), üzerinden geçmek (fly over, pass over, retrace). (various references) сідати верхи, стояти розчепіривши ноги, переступати (contravene, overstep, stride), перекривати (bridge, ceil, imbricate, lap over, oppilate, overlap, overlay, overspan, shut, span). (various references) eistedd yn groes i, camu yn groes i. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bestride": bestrides. (additional references) | |
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"Bestride" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bastida, Bestlite, Bistrita, Estridge, Getreide, Lestrade. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bistered. | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-i-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: bestrid, betides, bistred, derbies, diester, dieters, reedits, resited. | |
-2 letters: bedsit, berets, beside, bested, bestir, betide, betise, biders, bidets, bister, bistre, biters, bredes, breeds, brides, debits, debris, desert, desire, deters, dieter, direst, driest, eiders, rebids, reedit, reside, resite, rested, retied, reties, stride, tiered, tribes. | |
-3 letters: beers, beets, beret, beset, bider, bides, bidet, biers, birds. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-i-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: bedirties, bestirred, bestrides, blistered, interbeds. | |
+2 letters: banistered, bestridden. | |
+3 letters: bitterweeds, breadthwise, deliberates, distributee, interbreeds, prediabetes, resubmitted, timberheads, tinderboxes, whitebeards. | |
+4 letters: abridgements, bactericides, debridements, defibrinates, destructible, detribalizes, deverbatives, disbursement, disreputable, distributees, filibustered, outbreedings, prediabetics, redistribute, restabilized, tenebrionids, turbidnesses. | |
+5 letters: bewilderments, credibilities, defibrillates, deliberations, disburdenment, disbursements, discreditable, dismemberment, erodibilities, readabilities, redistributed, redistributes, reestablished, timberdoodles, turbidimeters. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 73 74 72 69 64 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . ... - .-. .. -.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01110011 01110100 01110010 01101001 01100100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e s t r i d e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 0073 0074 0072 0069 0064 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3671858684757071 |
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