Stride

  • 21stride — 1 verb past tense strode, past participle stridden (intransitive always + adv/prep) to walk quickly with long steps (+ across/into/down): Clarice jumped off the porch and strode across the lawn. 2 noun 1 walking (C) a long step: Paco reached the… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22stride — stride1 [ straıd ] noun * count a long confident step: In three strides he had crossed the room. a. singular a way of walking with long steps: an easy stride b. count the distance you go in one long step: The horse was within strides of the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 23stride */ — I UK [straɪd] / US noun Word forms stride : singular stride plural strides [countable] a long confident step In three strides he had crossed the room. a) [singular] a way of walking with long steps an easy stride b) [countable] the distance that… …

    English dictionary

  • 24stride — strider, n. stridingly, adv. /struyd/, v., strode, stridden /strid n/, striding, n. v.i. 1. to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance. 2. to take a long step: to stride across a puddle. 3. to straddle. v.t. 4. to… …

    Universalium

  • 25stride — {{11}}stride (n.) a step in walking, O.E. stride, from the root of STRIDE (Cf. stride) (v.). Figurative meaning in make strides make progress is from c.1600. To take (something) in stride (1832), i.e. without change of gait, originally is of… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 26stride — I n. normal speed 1) to hit one s stride progress 2) to make great strides in 3) great, tremendous strides misc. 4) to take smt. in stride ( to confront a new problem calmly ) II v. 1) to stride confidently; purposefully 2) (P; intr.) she strode… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 27Stride — This interesting and unusual surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is from a nickname for someone with long legs, or whose gait had a purposeful air. The name is derived from the Middle English (1200 1500) stride , (long) pace from stride(n) , to …

    Surnames reference

  • 28stride — verb (past strode; past participle stridden) 1》 walk with long, decisive steps. 2》 (stride across/over) cross (an obstacle) with one long step. 3》 literary bestride. noun 1》 a long, decisive step.     ↘the length of a step or manner of taking… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29stride — [[t]straɪd[/t]] v. strode, strid•den [[t]ˈstrɪd n[/t]] strid•ing, n. 1) to walk with long steps 2) to straddle 3) to walk with long steps over or along: to stride the deck[/ex] 4) to pass over in one long step: to stride a ditch[/ex] 5) to… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30stride — [c]/straɪd / (say struyd) verb (strode, stridden, striding) –verb (i) 1. to walk with long steps, as with vigour, haste, impatience, or arrogance. 2. to take a long step. 3. to straddle. –verb (t) 4. to walk with long steps along, on, through,… …