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be·stride
(bĭ-strīd′)tr.v. be·strode (-strōd′), be·strid·den (-strĭd′n), be·strid·ing, be·strides
1. To sit or stand on with the legs astride; straddle.
2. To dominate by position; tower over: "Hitler's ghost, the specter that ... bestrides mid-twentieth-century history" (Economist).
3. Archaic To step or stride across.
[Middle English bistriden, from Old English bestrīdan : be-, be- + strīdan, to mount a horse; see stride.]
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bestride
(bɪˈstraɪd)vb (tr) , -strides, -striding or -strode, archaic -strid, -stridden or archaic -strid
1. to have or put a leg on either side of
2. to extend across; span
3. to stride over or across
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be•stride
(bɪˈstraɪd)v.t. -strode -strid, -strid•den -strid, -strid•ing.
1. to get or be astride of; straddle.
2. to tower over; dominate.
3. to step over with long strides.
[before 1000]
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bestride
Past participle: bestrode
Gerund: bestriding
| Imperative |
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| bestride |
| bestride |
| Present |
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| I bestride |
| you bestride |
| he/she/it bestrides |
| we bestride |
| you bestride |
| they bestride |
| Preterite |
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| I bestrode |
| you bestrode |
| he/she/it bestrode |
| we bestrode |
| you bestrode |
| they bestrode |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am bestriding |
| you are bestriding |
| he/she/it is bestriding |
| we are bestriding |
| you are bestriding |
| they are bestriding |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have bestrode |
| you have bestrode |
| he/she/it has bestrode |
| we have bestrode |
| you have bestrode |
| they have bestrode |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was bestriding |
| you were bestriding |
| he/she/it was bestriding |
| we were bestriding |
| you were bestriding |
| they were bestriding |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had bestrode |
| you had bestrode |
| he/she/it had bestrode |
| we had bestrode |
| you had bestrode |
| they had bestrode |
| Future |
|---|
| I will bestride |
| you will bestride |
| he/she/it will bestride |
| we will bestride |
| you will bestride |
| they will bestride |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have bestrode |
| you will have bestrode |
| he/she/it will have bestrode |
| we will have bestrode |
| you will have bestrode |
| they will have bestrode |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be bestriding |
| you will be bestriding |
| he/she/it will be bestriding |
| we will be bestriding |
| you will be bestriding |
| they will be bestriding |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been bestriding |
| you have been bestriding |
| he/she/it has been bestriding |
| we have been bestriding |
| you have been bestriding |
| they have been bestriding |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been bestriding |
| you will have been bestriding |
| he/she/it will have been bestriding |
| we will have been bestriding |
| you will have been bestriding |
| they will have been bestriding |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been bestriding |
| you had been bestriding |
| he/she/it had been bestriding |
| we had been bestriding |
| you had been bestriding |
| they had been bestriding |
| Conditional |
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| I would bestride |
| you would bestride |
| he/she/it would bestride |
| we would bestride |
| you would bestride |
| they would bestride |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have bestrode |
| you would have bestrode |
| he/she/it would have bestrode |
| we would have bestrode |
| you would have bestrode |
| they would have bestrode |
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Verb 1. [画像:bestride - get up on the back of]bestride - get up on the back of; "mount a horse"
move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
remount - mount again; "he remounted his horse"
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Translations
bestride
[bɪˈstraɪd] (bestrode (pt) (bestridden (pp))) VT [+ horse] → montar a horcajadas ; [+ stream etc] → cruzar de un tranco (fig) → dominarCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bestride
pret <bestrode or bestrid> ptp <bestridden>vt (= sit astride) → rittlings sitzen auf (+dat); (= stand astride) → (mit gespreizten Beinen) stehen über (+dat); (= mount) → sich schwingen auf (+acc); (fig: = dominate) → beherrschen ; to bestride the world like a Colossus → die Welt beherrschen
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