stride
stride is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is stride.
- What is to stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle called?
- What is to pass over at a step; to step over. "A debtor that not dares to stride a limit." Shak called?
- What is to straddle; to bestride. I mean to stride your steed. Shak called?
- What is 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 called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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