Definitions for strode

• Definition
• Anagrams (150)

strode strode

Spelling: [strohd]

IPA: /stroʊd/

Strode is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 150 anagrams from letters in strode (deorst).

Definitions for strode

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:

verb

1. simple past tense of stride.

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 strode

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 strode

She signed the papers and strode out of the office without a “handshake or a glance” despite making millions on the deal.

She strode before the cameras in the course of kiddie car pooling.

He strode past Mart into the wretched room, and looked at the bed in the corner.

He flung out of the room on to the terrace and strode away in a rage.

A 25-year-old man named Alexander Cooper strode up the sidewalk holding his 3-year-old daughter, Alexis, by the hand.

Gripping a stone the size of a grapefruit, he strode toward Ueli Steck, a Swiss climber who had offended him.

He grew pale with passion, turned on his heel, and strode away.

The old soldiers and Hordle John strode off together in all good fellowship.

He recalled being angry and trying to keep his composure as he strode past Cosby into the front hall.

He smote his palm with his clenched fist and strode about the little room.