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stridden

Variant of stride

intransitive verb strode, stridden, striding

  1. to walk with long steps, esp. in a vigorous or swaggering manner
  2. to take a single, long step (esp. over something)
  3. Rare to sit or stand astride

transitive verb

  1. to take a single, long step in passing over (an obstacle, etc.)
  2. to walk with long steps along or through: to stride the street
  3. to sit or stand astride of; straddle; bestride

noun

  1. the act of striding
    1. a long step in walking or running
    2. the distance covered by such a step
    1. any single forward movement by a four-legged animal, completed when the legs return to their original relative positions
    2. the distance covered in such a movement
  2. a manner of running; gait
  3. progress; advancement: to make rapid strides

adjective

Jazz designating or of a style of piano playing in which the left hand alternates rhythmically between a strong bass note and middle range chords

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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