To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the liquid field. Dryden.
To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
To pass over at a step; to step over. "A debtor that not dares to stride a limit." Shak.
To straddle; to bestride. I mean to stride your steed. Shak.
The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride. Pope. God never meant that man should scale the heavens By strides of human wisdom. Cowper.
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