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stride


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.  --Cowper. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stride  \Stride\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Strode}(Obs.  {Strid});  p.  p. 
  {Stridden}(Obs.  {Strid});  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Striding}.]  [AS. 
  str[=i]dan  to  stride,  to  strive;  akin  to  LG  striden,  OFries 
  str[=i]da  to  strive,  D.  strijden  to  strive,  to  contend,  G. 
  streiten,  OHG.  str[=i]tan;  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.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  stand  with  the  legs  wide  apart;  to  straddle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stride 
  n  1:  a  step  in  walking  or  running  [syn:  {pace},  {tread}] 
  2:  the  distance  covered  by  a  step;  "he  stepped  off  ten  paces 
  from  the  old  tree  and  began  to  dig"  [syn:  {footstep},  {pace}, 
  {step}] 
  3:  significant  progress  (especially  in  the  phrase  "make 
  strides"  or  "make  rapid  strides") 
  v  1:  walk  fast  with  regular  or  measured  steps;  walk  with  a 
  stride;  "He  strode  confidently  across  the  hall"  [syn:  {march}] 
  2:  cover  or  traverse  by  striding;  "She  strode  several  miles 
  towards  the  woods" 




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