Definition: stride

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

stride
     n 1: a step in walking or running [syn: pace, tread]
     2: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces
        from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep, pace,
         step]
     3: significant progress (especially in the phrase "make
        strides" or "make rapid strides")
     v 1: walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the
          hall"
     2: cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several
        miles towards the woods"

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Stride \Stride\, v. t.
   1. To pass over at a step; to step over. ``A debtor that not
      dares to stride a limit.'' --Shak.

   2. To straddle; to bestride.

            I mean to stride your steed.          --Shak.
Stride \Stride\, n.
   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.
Stride \Stride\, v. t. [imp. Strode(Obs. Strid); p. p.
   Stridden(Obs. Strid); p. pr. & vb. n. Striding.] [AS.
   str[=i]dan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries.
   str[=i]da to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G.
   streiten, OHG. str[=i]tan; of uncertain origin. Cf.
   Straddle.]
   1. 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.

   2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.