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Noun stride has 3 senses

pace, stride, tread - a step in walking or running
--₁ is a kind of step
--₁ is a part of walk, walking
Derived forms: verb stride₂, verb stride₁
footstep, pace, step, stride - the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
--₂ is a kind of indefinite quantity

Derived forms: verb stride₂, verb stride₁
stride - significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides"); "they made big strides in productivity"
--₃ is a kind of advancement, progress

Verb stride has 2 senses

stride - walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall"
--₁ is one way to walk

Derived forms: noun stride₂, noun stride₁, noun strider₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
stride - cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods"
--₂ is one way to traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across

Derived forms: noun stride₂, noun stride₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something