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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stride \Stride\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stride \Stride\, verb (used with an object)
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stride \Stride\, noun 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stride
noun
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"); "they made big strides in productivity"
verb
1: walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall"
2: cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods" [also: {strode}, {stridden}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
147 Moby Thesaurus words for "stride": abut on, aesthetic distance, amble, ambulate, ankle, barge, be based on, bear on, bestraddle, bestride, bowl along, bundle, career, circumambulate, clearance, clip, clop, clump, compass, deep space, depths of space, distance, divergence, drag, droop, extent, farness, flounce, foot, foot it, footfall, footslog, footstep, gait, gallop, halt, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hoof it, hoofbeat, hop, infinity, jaywalk, jog, jog on, jolt, jump, lean on, leeway, leg, leg it, length, lick, lie on, light-years, limp, lock step, lumber, lunge, lurch, march, margin, mileage, mince, mincing steps, pace, pad, paddle, parsecs, pedestrianize, peg, perambulate, perch, peripateticate, perspective, piaffe, piaffer, piece, plod, prance, progress, rack, range, rate, reach, rely on, remoteness, repose on, rest on, ride, roll, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, separation, shamble, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle, single-foot, sit on, skip, sling, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slowness, space, span, stagger, stalk, stamp, stand on, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, stretch, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump, stump it, swagger, swing, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, tramp, travel, tread, trip, trot, trudge, velocity, waddle, walk, wamble, way, ways, wiggle, wobble
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