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)

self-winding (oh) and stride(1) (iou)


self-winding (oh)



a self-winding watch is one that you do not have to wind to make it work

stride(1) (iou)



stride noun.
[Old English stride, from weak grade of base of STRIDE verb; later directly from STRIDE verb.]
a. The distance covered by a single long step; this as a unit of length. Freq. in lengthen one's stride, shorten one's stride below. OE.
lengthen one's stride walk faster by taking longer steps. shorten one's stride walk slower by taking shorter steps.
b. A single long step in walking; an act of striding. ME.
a spit and a stride: see SPIT noun2.
R. Frame Madame..walked downhill with long, confident strides.
c. Progress. Usu. in pl. Chiefly in make strides, take strides, make advances, make progress; make great strides, take great strides, make significant advances, make good progress. E17.
Divergence of the legs when stretched apart laterally, as astride a gap etc.; the distance between the feet when the legs are parted in this manner. L16.
C. Cotton The Current's not so wide To put a Maid to an indecent stride.
a. An act of forward movement, esp. by a horse, completed when the feet are returned to their initial relative positions; the distance covered by such a movement. E17.
take in one's stride (a) clear (an obstacle) without changing pace to jump; (b) fig. deal with (a matter) without interrupting one's course of action; handle smoothly or with aplomb.
b. A horse's regular or uniform movement in a race; a settled rate of progress. L19.
get into one's stride reach a settled or steady rate of progress or level of performance. put a person off his or her stride, put a person out of his or her stride, throw a person off his or her stride, throw a person out of his or her stride unsettle, disconcert.
A person's gait as determined by the length of stride. L17.
Pope Her voice theatrically loud, And masculine her stride.
b. A distance travelled at a striding pace. rare. M19.
Fit or cut of a garment, esp. a pair of trousers, to accommodate the wearer's length of step. E19.
b. In pl. Trousers. slang. L19.
Jazz. A style of piano-playing, emphasizing beat and swing, in which the left hand alternately plays single bass notes on the downbeat and chords an octave higher on the upbeat. Also stride piano. M20.
attrib.: stride accent, stride bass, stride tempo, etc.