stride

[ strahyd ]
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verb (used without object),strode [strohd], /stroʊd/, strid·den [strid-n], /ˈstrɪd n/, strid·ing.
  1. to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.

  2. to take a long step: to stride across a puddle.

  1. to straddle.

verb (used with object),strode [strohd], /stroʊd/, strid·den [strid-n], /ˈstrɪd n/, strid·ing.
  1. to walk with long steps along, on, through, over, etc.: to stride the deck.

  2. to pass over or across in one long step: to stride a ditch.

  1. to straddle.

noun
  1. a striding manner or a striding gait.

  2. a long step in walking.

  1. (in animal locomotion) the act of progressive movement completed when all the feet are returned to the same relative position as at the beginning.

  2. the distance covered by such a movement: He was walking a stride or two ahead of the others.

  3. a regular or steady course, pace, etc.

  4. a step forward in development or progress: rapid strides in mastering algebra.

  5. strides, Australian Informal. trousers.

Idioms about stride

  1. hit one's stride,

    • to achieve a regular or steady pace or course.

    • to reach the point or level at which one functions most competently and consistently: The quarterback didn't hit his stride until the second half of the game.

  2. take in stride, to deal with calmly; cope with successfully: She was able to take her sudden rise to fame in stride.

Origin of stride

1
First recorded before 900; (verb) Middle English striden, Old English strīdan; cognate with Dutch strijden, Low German strīden “to stride”; (noun) Middle English stride, derivative of the verb; akin to straddle

Other words for stride

Other words from stride

  • strid·er, noun
  • strid·ing·ly, adverb
  • out·stride, verb (used with object), out·strode, out·strid·den, out·strid·ing.

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How to use stride in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for stride

stride

/ (straɪd) /


noun
  1. a long step or pace

  2. the space measured by such a step

  1. a striding gait

  2. an act of forward movement by an animal, completed when the legs have returned to their initial relative positions

  3. progress or development (esp in the phrase make rapid strides)

  4. a regular pace or rate of progress: to get into one's stride; to be put off one's stride

  5. rowing the distance covered between strokes

  6. Also called: stride piano jazz a piano style characterized by single bass notes on the first and third beats and chords on the second and fourth

  7. (plural) informal, mainly Australian men's trousers

  8. take something in one's stride to do something without difficulty or effort

verbstrides, striding, strode or stridden
  1. (intr) to walk with long regular or measured paces, as in haste, etc

  2. (tr) to cover or traverse by striding: he strode thirty miles

  1. (often foll by over, across, etc) to cross (over a space, obstacle, etc) with a stride

  2. (intr) rowing to achieve the desired rhythm in a racing shell

Origin of stride

1
Old English strīdan; related to Old High German strītan to quarrel; see straddle

Derived forms of stride

  • strider, noun

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Other Idioms and Phrases with stride

stride

see hit one's stride; make great strides; take in stride.

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