stride (verb)
1stride — ► VERB (past strode; past part. stridden) 1) walk with long, decisive steps. 2) (stride across/over) cross (an obstacle) with one long step. ► NOUN 1) a long, decisive step. 2) the length of a step or manne …
2stride — 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… …
3stride — The verb has the past tense strode and the past participle stridden. The participle is not readily remembered, and strode is sometimes mistakenly used instead: • ☒ Great strides are being strode in the cultivation of pre teen female engineers The …
4stride — verb & noun Syn: step, pace, march …
5stride — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 step ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ In one short stride he reached the window. ▪ quick, slow ▪ easy …
6stride — [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,… …
7stride — [[t]stra͟ɪd[/t]] strides, striding, strode 1) VERB If you stride somewhere, you walk there with quick, long steps. [V prep/adv] They were joined by a newcomer who came striding across a field... [V prep/adv] He turned abruptly and strode off down …
8stride — 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… …
9stride — I. verb (strode; stridden; striding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English strīdan; akin to Middle Low German striden to straddle, Old High German strītan to quarrel Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to stand astride 2. to move …
10stride — 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… …
