STRIDE (stridden, strode)

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Irregular inflected forms: stridden    , strode   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does stride mean? 

• STRIDE (noun)
  The noun STRIDE has 3 senses:

1. a step in walking or running

2. the distance covered by a step

3. significant progress (especially in the phrase 'make strides')

  Familiarity information: STRIDE used as a noun is uncommon.

• STRIDE (verb)
  The verb STRIDE has 2 senses:

1. walk with long steps

2. cover or traverse by taking long steps

  Familiarity information: STRIDE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A step in walking or running

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

pace; stride; tread

Hypernyms ("stride" is a kind of...):

step (the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down)

Holonyms ("stride" is a part of...):

walk; walking (the act of traveling by foot)

Derivation:

stride (cover or traverse by taking long steps)

stride (walk with long steps)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The distance covered by a step

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

footstep; pace; step; stride

Context example:

he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig

Hypernyms ("stride" is a kind of...):

indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)

Derivation:

stride (cover or traverse by taking long steps)

stride (walk with long steps)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Significant progress (especially in the phrase 'make strides')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

they made big strides in productivity

Hypernyms ("stride" is a kind of...):

advancement; progress (gradual improvement or growth or development)

• STRIDE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they stride    ... he / she / it strides   
Past simple: strode   
Past participle: stridden   
-ing form: striding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Walk with long steps

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

He strode confidently across the hall

Hypernyms (to "stride" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

stride (a step in walking or running)

stride (the distance covered by a step)

strider (a person who walks rapidly with long steps)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cover or traverse by taking long steps

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

She strode several miles towards the woods

Hypernyms (to "stride" is one way to...):

cover; cross; cut across; cut through; get across; get over; pass over; track; traverse (travel across or pass over)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

stride (a step in walking or running)

stride (the distance covered by a step)

 Context examples 

Early next morning, however, Keesh strode into the village.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Ah, my dear Watson, said he, striding into the room, I am very delighted to see you!

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Weedon Scott strode half across the room toward him, at the same time calling him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

A waggoner who was striding behind him heard this and asked: “Who are you?” “I don’t know,” answered the youth.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

He turned upon his heel and strode from the room.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Wait till I get my stride.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The famous doctor strode out of our cottage in considerable ill-humour, and within five minutes Holmes had followed him.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yet, from the swing of his stride and the spring of his step, it was clear that he had not yet lost the fire and activity of his youth.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She turned twice to gaze after him as she tripped fairy-like down the field; he, as he strode firmly across, never turned at all.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

So once more the little company set off upon the journey, the Lion walking with stately strides at Dorothy's side.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)