Dictionary Entry
stride
stride is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 7 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.
- 2transitive verb
To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
- 3transitive verb
To pass over at a step; to step over.
- 4transitive verb
To straddle; to bestride.
- 5noun
The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride.
- 6noun
significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides")
"they made big strides in productivity"
- 7noun
a step in walking or running
- 8noun
the distance covered by a step
"he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
- 9verb
cover or traverse by taking long steps
"She strode several miles towards the woods"
- 10verb
walk with long steps
"He strode confidently across the hall"
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