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understride

understride verb: to run or walk with too short a stride.

Verb

understride (third-person singular simple present understrides, present participle understriding, simple past and past participle understrode)

  1. (intransitive) to run or walk with too short a stride.

Noun

understride (plural understrides)

  1. A stride that is too short.

Forms of understride

Verb
third-person singular presentunderstrides
present participleunderstriding
past participleunderstrode
pastunderstrode
Noun
pluralunderstrides

Origin of understride

From under- + stride.

Questions about understride

What does understride mean?
Understride means to run or walk with too short a stride.
What part of speech is understride?
Understride can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of understride?
The past tense of understride is understrode.

Words near understride in the dictionary

  1. understrength
  2. understress
  3. understressed
  4. understresses
  5. understressing
  6. understride
  7. understrides
  8. understriding
  9. understringent
  10. understrode
  11. understroke

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