What does "stride" mean?
Stride: To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
Additional senses
- 2.To pass over at a step; to step over. "A debtor that not dares to stride a limit." Shak.
- 3.To straddle; to bestride. I mean to stride your steed. Shak.
- 4.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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