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stridest

stridest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of stride.

Meaning of stride

Verb

stride (third-person singular simple present strides, present participle striding, simple past strode, past participle stridden or strode or strid)

  1. (intransitive) To walk with long steps.
    • Mars in the middle of the shining shield / Is grav'd, and strides along the liquid field.1697, Virgil, “The Ninth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    lope
  2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
  3. To pass over at a step; to step over.
    • a debtor that not dares to stride a limit1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  4. To straddle.
    • I mean to stride your steed.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    bestride

See all 9 meanings of stride

Origin of stridest

stride + -est

Questions about stridest

What is stridest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stridest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of stride.

Words near stridest in the dictionary

  1. stridents
  2. strider
  3. Stridercest
  4. striders
  5. strides
  6. stridest
  7. strideth
  8. stridetime
  9. stridetimes
  10. strideways
  11. stridhan

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