1. strides - Noun
2. strides - Verb
strides
plural of stride
strides pl (plural only)
(UK, Australia, slang) Trousers.
strides
third-person singular simple present indicative of stride
The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler. Franz Kafka
The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries. Georg Büchner
I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse. Bing Crosby
It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides. George Sand
To picture world history as advancing smoothly and steadily without sometimes taking gigantic strides backward is undialectical, unscientific and theoretically wrong. Vladimir Lenin
Lenin's truth makes great strides all around the world. Russian Proverb