stride

Speech parts

1. stride - Noun

2. stride - Verb

3. Stride - Proper noun

Meaning

To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.

The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pace tread march waddle trek tramp lope move amble legging step advance progress velocity walk

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Antonyms

waddle hobble amble drop decline decrease

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Hypernyms

cover track step cross progress walk

Phrases with the word

in stride hit your stride take something in one's stride stride angrily stride forward with all your power giant's stride

Derivatives

strode strid stridden striding

Anagrams

disert dister driest redist

Examples

Often do the spirits of great events stride on before the events. And in today already walks tomorrow. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Thunder on! Stride on! Democracy. Strike with vengeful stroke! Walt Whitman

Stride forward with a firm, steady step knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal you set yourselves, that you will achieve every aim . Eileen Caddy

Better a stride that will last than a trot that tires fast. Mexican Proverb

Approach heaven with a single stride. Chinese Proverb

It is easy to stride a tree when it is down. Danish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

strid stridden striddle stride angrily stride bass stride forward with all your power