striding
/ˈstɹaɪdɪŋ/
striding is the present participle and gerund of stride.
Noun
striding (countable and uncountable, plural stridings)
- The act of one who strides; a long step.
- How broad, amid those pines, the torch-flame red / Flings its dark flashes; and those steps, that fall, / Heavy, and slow, no voice amid their call, / Sound, like the giant-stridings of the dead!1804, Thomas Brown, Poems, page 191
- A technique for propelling forward that appears similar to walking, where a foot slides forward on the opposite side of a pole being planted to provide a location to apply force.
Meaning of stride
Verb
stride (third-person singular simple present strides, present participle striding, simple past strode, past participle stridden or strode or strid)
- 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
- 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 limit1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- 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
Synonyms of striding
- classic striding
- striding technique
Forms of striding
| plural | stridings |
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Origin of striding
From Middle English strydyng, stridende, strydand, from Old English strīdende, from Proto-Germanic *strīdandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *strīdaną (“to endeavour; stand tall; withstand; take long steps”), equivalent to stride + -ing.
From Middle English strydynge, equivalent to stride + -ing.
Words that rhyme with striding
- riding
- confiding
- abiding
- biding
- gliding
- guiding
- hiding
- paragliding
- sliding
- backsliding
- bestriding
- betiding
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- blindsiding
- briding
- broadsiding
- chiding
- coinciding
- colliding
- coresiding
- deciding
- deriding
- disciding
- dividing
- eliding
- griding
- hagriding
- joyriding
- misguiding
- niding
- nondividing
- outriding
- overriding
- overstriding
- peroxiding
- presiding
- priding
- providing
- redeciding
- redividing
- residing
- siding
- subsiding
- suiciding
Questions about striding
- What does striding mean?
- Striding means the act of one who strides; a long step.
- What is striding the present participle and gerund of?
- Striding is the present participle and gerund of stride.
- What part of speech is striding?
- Striding is a noun.
- How do you pronounce striding?
- Striding is pronounced /ˈstɹaɪdɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of striding?
- The plural of striding is stridings.
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