strode
/stɹəʊd//stɹoʊd/
strode is the simple past of stride.
strode is the past participle 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)
- 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
Proper noun capitalized: Strode
Strode (plural Strodes)
- A surname.
Forms of strode
| plural | Strodes |
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Words formed from strode
Words that rhyme with strode
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- abode
- bode
- choad
- corrode
- encode
- goad
- toad
- antipode
- decode
- episode
- erode
- forebode
- hoed
- incommode
- overrode
- recode
- rode
- throwed
- unicode
- woad
- 'splode
- bestowed
- cestode
- chode
- crowed
- discommode
- glode
- Gold Code
- grode
- growed
- hode
- I'll be blowed
- lowed
- mowed
- nuclear code
- ode
- owed
- shode
- side road
- Spanish Road
- stroad
- subnode
- tode
- toed
- towed
- Union Road
- uudecode
- uuencode
Questions about strode
- What does strode mean?
- Strode means a surname.
- What is strode the simple past of?
- Strode is the simple past of stride.
- What part of speech is strode?
- Strode is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce strode?
- Strode is pronounced /stɹəʊd/ (UK).
Words near strode in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: strode (page history and authors); Strode (page history and authors); stride (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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