Dictionary
o•ver•stride
Pronunciation: (ō"vur-strīd'), [key]—
v.t., -strode, -strid•den, -strid•ing.
1. to surpass:
to overstride one's competitors.
2. to stand or sit astride of; bestride:
a great statue overstriding the entrance; to overstride a horse.
3. to tower over; dominate:
He overstrides the committee with loud aggressiveness.
4. to stride or step over or across:
At its narrowest point, one can easily overstride the stream.
5. to stride more rapidly than or beyond:
a downward path where she easily overstrode her companion. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.