See Also: stride(2)(dictionary)
stride(1)(dictionary)
stride 2, verb(dictionary)
stride 1, noun(dictionary)
Stride - Skiing(gambling)
Stride Length - Skiing(gambling)
Two-Stride Double-Pole - Skiing(gambling)
Stride Double-Poling - Skiing(gambling)
Double-Pole Stride - Skiing(gambling)
Double-Stride Double-Poling - Skiing(gambling)

stride(2) (iou)



stride verb. , (colloq.) strode.
[Old English stridan (cf. bestridan BESTRIDE) = Middle & mod. Low German striden set the legs wide apart, prob. ult. from Germanic.]
verb intrans. Orig., stand or walk with the legs wide apart. Now only, (of an arch, bridge, etc.) span over, extend across. OE.
Spenser The gate was open, but therein did wait A sturdy villein, striding stiffe and bold. R. Cumberland The bridge..proudly strides with half a dozen lofty arches over a stream.
verb intrans.
a. Walk with long firm steps; step out decisively, vigorously, or hurriedly. Freq. foll. by away, out, etc. ME.
R. Cobb Edward..striding out importantly like a Foreign Minister walking towards the film cameras.
b. Tread. rare (Spenser). Only in L16.
verb intrans.
a. Take a long step; pass over or across an obstacle with a long step or by lifting the feet. ME.
W. Brereton The lowest of these hedges higher than any man can stride over.
b. Mount on a horse. ME-L15.
verb trans. Bestride (esp. a horse). ME.
Shelley The tempest is his steed, he strides the air.
verb trans. Step over or cross with a stride. L16.
J. Clare A hedge to clamber or a brook to stride.
verb trans. Walk about or along (a street etc.) with long firm steps. L16.
Blackwood's Magazine The brave ghosts who stride these fields..are Englishmen.
verb intrans. Jazz. Play stride piano (see STRIDE noun 6). Chiefly as striding ppl adjective. M20.
Comb.: stride level a spirit-level supported at both ends so as to straddle over intervening projections.
strider noun (a) a person who strides; (b) US = pond-skater s.v. POND noun: M19.
stridingly adverb in a striding manner M16.