- to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
- to take a long step: to stride across a puddle.
- to straddle.
- to walk with long steps along, on, through, over, etc.: to stride the deck.
- to pass over or across in one long step: to stride a ditch.
- to straddle.
- a striding manner or a striding gait.
- a long step in walking.
- (in animal locomotion) the act of progressive movement completed when all the feet are returned to the same relative position as at the beginning.
- the distance covered by such a movement: He was walking a stride or two ahead of the others.
- a regular or steady course, pace, etc.
- a step forward in development or progress: rapid strides in mastering algebra.
- trousers.
- hit one's stride,
- to achieve a regular or steady pace or course.
- to reach the point or level at which one functions most competently and consistently: The quarterback didn't hit his stride until the second half of the game.
- to deal with calmly; cope with successfully: She was able to take her sudden rise to fame in stride.
- a long step or pace
- the space measured by such a step
- a striding gait
- an act of forward movement by an animal, completed when the legs have returned to their initial relative positions
- progress or development (esp in the phrase make rapid strides)
- a regular pace or rate of progress
- the distance covered between strokes
- a piano style characterized by single bass notes on the first and third beats and chords on the second and fourth
- men's trousers
- to do something without difficulty or effort
- to walk with long regular or measured paces, as in haste, etc
- to cover or traverse by striding
- to cross (over a space, obstacle, etc) with a stride
- to achieve the desired rhythm in a racing shell
