striding

Meanings

Verb

• Present participle of stride

Noun

• The act of one who strides; a long step.
• A 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.

Related

Similar words

• classic striding
• striding technique

Origin

• From Middle English strydyng, stridende, strydand, from Old English strīdende, from Proto-Germanic *strīdandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *strīdaną, equivalent to stride + -ing.
• From Middle English strydynge, equivalent to stride + -ing.