stride Definition

stride
noun

1. A single long step in walking.
2. The length of such a step.
3. A way of walking in long steps.
4. A measure of progress or development.

Example: make great strides
Form: strides (usually)
5. A rhythm, eg in working, playing a game, etc that someone or something aims for or settles into.

Example: put me off my stride
Example: soon got into his stride
(chiefly Austral)
6. slang
Trousers.
Form: strides

verb strode (past tense), stridden (past participle), striding (present participle)

intr
1. To walk with long steps.
intr
2. To take a long step.
3. To step or extend over something.

Example: easily strode the puddle

Derivative: strider
noun

Idiom: take something in one's stride

To achieve it or cope with it effortlessly, as if part of a regular routine.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon stridan.