Definitions for strides

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strides stride

Spelling: [strahyd]

IPA: /straɪd/

Strides is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 193 anagrams from letters in strides (deirsst).

Definitions for strides

noun

1. a striding manner or a striding gait.
2. a long step in walking.
3. (in animal locomotion) the act of progressive movement completed when all the feet are returned to the same relative position as at the beginning.
4. the distance covered by such a movement:
5. a regular or steady course, pace, etc.
6. a step forward in development or progress:

Idioms

1. 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:
2. strides, (used with a plural verb) Australian Informal. trousers.
3. take in stride, to deal with calmly; cope with successfully:

verb (used with object)

1. to walk with long steps along, on, through, over, etc.:
2. to pass over or across in one long step:
3. to straddle.

verb (used without object)

1. to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
2. to take a long step:
3. to straddle.

Origin of strides

before 900; (v.) Middle English striden, Old English strīdan; cognate with Dutch strijden, Low German strīden to stride; (noun) Middle English stride, derivative of the v.; akin to Examples for strides

Once in her stride, she turned her Moomin books into masterpieces of word in consort with image.

The thing about Malik is he seemed quite comfortable with it, to take it all in his stride.

Mr Vladimir did not stumble, did not stagger back, did not change his stride.

That brassy ploy had caught the Costa Ricans entirely off-guard and had knocked them off their stride.

With the Porters it was jingle of spurs, and stride of the horse.

Now they were near the goal, and Leotichides was still leading by a stride.

It must have seemed miraculous to him that we should know already, but he took it all in the stride.

Gil turned and saw Muhammad Ali stride out of the stage entrance, smiling and scowling at the same time.

It may be what helps him take the more frustrating moments in stride.

At the end of the fourth stride Mr Vladimir felt infuriated and uneasy.