2. Noun. (plural of stride) ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of stride) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strides
1. stride [v] - See also: stride
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strides
Literary usage of Strides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"(121) In the practice of the bar, these men might be biassed, if his interest
was concerned, or his affections were engaged; the strides! regulations were ..."
2. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (1887)
"So, taking a dozen or two of longer strides than usual across my room, just while
it passed my brain, I walked down calmly into the basse cour, ..."
3. The Bookman (1907)
"Collier's seems to lead among before th ' °1^1 to 1)e -vet accomplished arrangement
whereby strides will affair an v \ ls>. ..."
4. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"Doctor Craighead is a noted educational administrator, and under his supervision
Tulane University has made rapid strides. CRAIGHEAD, ERWIN, journalist: b. ..."
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