stride

[stride]

The noun stride means "significant progress." You might make a huge stride towards making peace with the rival school by hosting a block party and inviting their students.

...

To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.

Noun
significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides"); "they made big strides in productivity"

Noun
a step in walking or running

Noun
the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"

Verb
cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods"

Verb
walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall"

...

v. t.
To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.

v. t.
To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.

v. t.
To pass over at a step; to step over.

v. t.
To straddle; to bestride.

n.
The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride.

Stride

Stride , v. t. [imp. Strode (Obs. Strid ); p. p. Stridden (Obs. Strid); p. pr. & vb. n. Striding.] [AS. str'c6dan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. str'c6da to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG. str'c6tan; 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.

2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.

Stride

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.

Stride

Stride, n. 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.

To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.

To pass over at a step; to step over.

The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride.

...

Usage Examples

I was the youngest of my entire family so you are tap-dancing to try to get the attention of your older cousins. I really hit my social stride in 6th grade, but before that I was a pretty big dork. You learn how to be amusing and how to work for it.

Misspelled Form

stride, astride, wstride, estride, dstride, xstride, zstride, atride, wtride, etride, dtride, xtride, ztride, satride, swtride, setride, sdtride, sxtride, sztride, srtride, s5tride, s6tride, sytride, sgtride, srride, s5ride, s6ride, syride, sgride, strride, st5ride, st6ride, styride, stgride, steride, st4ride, st5ride, sttride, stfride, steide, st4ide, st5ide, sttide, stfide, streide, str4ide, str5ide, strtide, strfide, struide, str8ide, str9ide, stroide, strjide, strkide, strude, str8de, str9de, strode, strjde, strkde, striude, stri8de, stri9de, striode, strijde, strikde, strisde, striede, strifde, strixde, stricde, strise, striee, strife, strixe, strice, stridse, stridee, stridfe, stridxe, stridce, stridwe, strid3e, strid4e, stridre, stridse, stridde, stridw, strid3, strid4, stridr, strids, stridd, stridew, stride3, stride4, strider, strides, strided.

Other Usage Examples

In an ecology of love, people can relate in trust and face the future without fear. They do not need to play it safe. They can take uncertainty in their stride.