Meanings
striding1
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of stride
striding2
plural stridings
- countableuncountableThe 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 - uncountablehobbiesA 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
striding · verb
- Proto-Germanic*strīdaną“to endeavour; stand tall; withstand; take long steps”
- Proto-Germanic*strīdandz
- Old Englishstrīdende
- Middle Englishstrydyng
- Englishstriding
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.
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Full word history & related roots →striding · noun
- Middle Englishstrydynge
- Englishstriding
From Middle English strydynge, equivalent to stride + -ing.
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Rhymes with striding
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striding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/striding
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