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Stride

Stride, n.

noun

n. [A-S. strāde, from strīdan; L. Ger. strēde. See infra.] A step, especially one that is long, measured, or pompous.

Her voice theatrically loud, And masculine her stride. Swift.

At one stride comes the dark. Coleridge.

Stride, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. STRID, STRODE; p. p. STRID, STRIDDEN; p. pr. & vb. n. STRIDING.] [A-S. stridan, to walk about, gestridan, to stride, mount, L. Ger. striden, to stride. Cf. BESTRIDE.]

Sense 1. To walk with long steps. *Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the field. Dryden.*

Sense 2. To straddle. I mean to stride your steed. Shak.

Strīde, v. t.

verbtransitive

To pass over at a step.

See him stride Valleys wide. Arbuthnot.