Stride
[straɪd]
Definition
(noun.) significant progress (especially in the phrase 'make strides'); 'they made big strides in productivity'.
(verb.) cover or traverse by taking long steps; 'She strode several miles towards the woods'.
(verb.) walk with long steps; 'He strode confidently across the hall'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.
(v. t.) To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
(v. t.) To pass over at a step; to step over.
(v. t.) To straddle; to bestride.
(n.) The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Long step.
v. n. Take long steps.
v. a. Bestride.
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Definition
v.i. to walk with long steps: to straddle.—v.t. to pass over at a step: to bestride ride upon:—pa.t. strōde (obs. strid); pa.p. strid′den.—n. a long step the space passed over in such.
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Examples
- It appeared to ascend them, not very promptly or spontaneously, yet with a display of stride and clatter meant to be insulting. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Look at him stride forward. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He rose, and with a stride reached me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Prince John struck his forehead with impatience, and then began to stride up and down the apartment. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This marks a great stride away from the socialism of Owen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Monsieur curled his lip, gave me a vicious glance of the eye, and strode to his estrade. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And as he strode on his way before the supposed friar, Front-de-Boeuf thus schooled him in the part which he desired he should act. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The moral oppression had produced a physical craving for air, and he strode on, opening his lungs to the reverberating coldness of the night. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The captain was on the point of making an angry reply, but, thinking better of it, turned on his heel and black and scowling, strode aft. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- This second Eumaeus strode hastily down the forest glade, driving before him, with the assistance of Fangs, the whole herd of his inharmonious charge. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Through his extraordinary energy and enterprise the business made enormous strides, and Mr. Rathenau has become one of the most conspicuous industrial figures in his native country. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Pickwick walked with angry strides into the street. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- While the twain are faithful to their post, Mr. George strides through the streets with a massive kind of swagger and a grave-enough face. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Gerald Crich, his face narrowing to an intent gleam, followed up the hill with quick strides, straight after Gudrun. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The linen manufacture has not yet obtained it, but is making great strides towards it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Ah, my dear Watson, said he, striding into the room, I am very delighted to see you! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- When that moment had flashed away, he saw that the man striding on before him was the man who had been so much in his mind during the last few days. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Meanwhile the object of this soliloquy was striding up the avenue of the Grange at a rapid pace, and whistling gayly, out of sheer light-heartedness. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Never mind, sir,' replied Mr. Magnus, striding up and down the room. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- El Sordo lay behind the horse at the corner of the rock, watching the captain come striding up the hill. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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