bestride /bɪˈstɹaɪd/ verb3 •To be astride something, to stand over or sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse. •(figurative) To dominate.Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world / Like a Colossus[…]. — 1599 •To stride over, or across. formsbestrode · bestrid · bestridden · bestriding · bestrides