[strahyd] 
verb, strode, strid⋅den [strid-n] , strid⋅ing, noun | 1. | to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance. |
| 2. | to take a long step: to stride across a puddle. |
| 3. | to straddle. |
| 4. | to walk with long steps along, on, through, over, etc.: to stride the deck. |
| 5. | to pass over or across in one long step: to stride a ditch. |
| 6. | to straddle. |
| 7. | a striding manner or a striding gait. |
| 8. | a long step in walking. |
| 9. | (in animal locomotion) the act of progressive movement completed when all the feet are returned to the same relative position as at the beginning. |
| 10. | the distance covered by such a movement: He was walking a stride or two ahead of the others. |
| 11. | a regular or steady course, pace, etc. |
| 12. | a step forward in development or progress: rapid strides in mastering algebra. |
| 13. | hit one's stride,
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| 14. | strides, (used with a plural verb ) Australian Informal. trousers. |
| 15. | take in stride, to deal with calmly; cope with successfully: She was able to take her sudden rise to fame in stride. |