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STRIDE
stride
(noun) significant progress (especially in the phrase âmake stridesâ); âthey made big strides in productivityâ
pace, stride, tread
(noun) a step in walking or running
footstep, pace, step, stride
(noun) the distance covered by a step; âhe stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to digâ
stride
(verb) cover or traverse by taking long steps; âShe strode several miles towards the woodsâ
stride
(verb) walk with long steps; âHe strode confidently across the hallâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
stride (third-person singular simple present strides, present participle striding, simple past strode, past participle strode or strid or stridden)
(intransitive) To walk with long steps.
To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
To pass over at a step; to step over.
To straddle; to bestride.
Usage notes
• The past participle of stride is extremely rare and mostly obsolete. Many people have trouble producing a form that feels natural.
Etymology 2
From the above verb.
Noun
stride (countable and uncountable, plural strides)
(countable) A long step in walking.
(countable) The distance covered by a long step.
(countable, computing) The number of memory locations between successive elements in an array, pixels in a bitmap, etc.
(uncountable, music genre) A jazz piano style of the 1920s and 1930s. The left hand characteristically plays a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats.
Anagrams
• direst, disert, dister, driest, drites, redist, ridest
Proper noun
Stride
A surname.
Anagrams
• direst, disert, dister, driest, drites, redist, ridest
Source: Wiktionary
Stride, v. t. [imp. Strode (Obs. Strid (); p. p. Stridden (Obs. Strid); p. pr. & vb. n. Striding.] Etym: [AS. stridan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. strida to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG. stritan; of uncertain origin. Cf. Straddle.]
1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the liquid field. Dryden.
2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
Stride, v. t.
1. To pass over at a step; to step over. "A debtor that not dares to stride a limit." Shak.
2. To straddle; to bestride. I mean to stride your steed. Shak.
Stride, n.
Definition: The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride. Pope. God never meant that man should scale the heavens By strides of human wisdom. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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