bestride

(bĭ-strīd')
tr.v., -strode (-strōd'), -strid·den (-strĭd'n), -strid·ing, -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.]

verb

To sit or stand with a leg on each side of: straddle, stride. See posture.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: get on the back of
  Synonyms: hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - skræve over, spænde over

Nederlands (Dutch)
schrijlings zitten op, staan over

Français (French)
v. tr. - être à cheval ou à califourchon sur, enfourcher (une bicyclette, un cheval)

Deutsch (German)
v. - rittlings sitzen, mit gespreizten Beinen stehen, sich wölben, sich rittlings setzen, sich mit gespreitzten Beinen stellen, überschreiten, beschirmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κάθομαι ιππαστί, διασκελίζω, δρασκελίζω

Italiano (Italian)
dominare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - cavalgar, estar com as pernas escanchadas sobre

Русский (Russian)
оседлать, сесть верхом

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - montar, cabalgar a horcajadas, franquear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - stå gränsle över, rida på

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
跨骑, 控制, 支配, 驾驭

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 跨騎, 控制, 支配, 駕馭

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~에 앉아, ~에 걸쳐지다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - またがる, 馬乗りになる, またぎ越す, 支配する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) تخطى, فرشخ ( رجليه)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עמד בפישוק, ישב בפישוק, טרטן‬

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