stride

stride

1. To walk with long steps, especially in a hasty or vigorous way.
2. To take a single long step, as in passing over an obstruction.
3. To stand or sit astride; straddle.

1. To walk with long steps on, along, or over: striding the stage.
2. To step over or across: stride a brook.
3. To be astride of; straddle.

1. The act of striding.
2. a. A single long step.
   b. The distance traveled in such a step.
3. a. A single coordinated movement of the four legs of a horse or other animal, completed when the legs return to their initial relative position.
   b. The distance traveled in such a movement.
4. A step of progress; an advance. Often used in the plural: making great strides in their studies.

Origin: Middle English striden, from Old English strīdan.

Related Forms:

• strider stridˈer noun