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bestraddle

bestraddle verb: to bestride.

Verb

bestraddle (third-person singular simple present bestraddles, present participle bestraddling, simple past and past participle bestraddled)

  1. (transitive) To bestride.

Forms of bestraddle

third-person singular presentbestraddles
present participlebestraddling
past participlebestraddled
pastbestraddled

Origin of bestraddle

From be- + straddle.

Questions about bestraddle

What does bestraddle mean?
Bestraddle means to bestride.
What part of speech is bestraddle?
Bestraddle is a verb.
What is the past tense of bestraddle?
The past tense of bestraddle is bestraddled.

Words near bestraddle in the dictionary

  1. bestoweth
  2. bestowing
  3. bestowment
  4. bestowments
  5. bestows
  6. bestraddle
  7. bestraddled
  8. bestraddles
  9. bestraddling
  10. bestrange
  11. bestranged

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