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Webster 1913 Edition


Stride

Stride

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Strode
(
Obs
.
Strid
);
p. p.
Stridden
(
Obs.
Strid
);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Striding
.]
[AS.
strīdan
to stride, to strive; akin to LG.
striden
, OFries.
strīda
to strive, D.
strijden
to strive, to contend, G.
streiten
, OHG.
strītan
; 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.

Stride

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare

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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stride

STRIDE

,
Noun.
[L.] A long step.
Her voice theatrically loud, and masculine her stride.

STRIDE

,
Verb.
I.
pret. strid, strode; pp. strid, stridden.
1.
To walk with long steps.
Mars in the middle of the shining shield is gravd, and strides along the field.
2.
To straddle.

STRIDE

,
Verb.
T.
To pass over at a step.
See him stride valleys wide.

Definition 2024


stridé

stridé

See also: stride

Italian

Verb

stridé

  1. third-person singular past historic of stridere

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