stride
(verb) cover or traverse by taking long steps; “She strode several miles towards the woods”
stride
(verb) walk with long steps; “He strode confidently across the hall”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
strode
simple past tense of stride
past participle of stride
• Dorset, Doster, Droste, doters, rodest, sorted, stored, torsed
Strode (plural Strodes)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Strode is the 9734th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3331 individuals. Strode is most common among White (80.73%) and Black/African American (13.96%) individuals.
• Dorset, Doster, Droste, doters, rodest, sorted, stored, torsed
Source: Wiktionary
Strode, n.
Definition: See Strude. [Obs.]
Strode,
Definition: imp. of Stride.
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
11 May 2024
(noun) (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; “he was suffering from museum fatigue”; “after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue”; “the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue”; “political fatigue”
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