Stride

What “Stride” means

Verb

1. To walk with long steps.
2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
3. To pass over at a step; to step over.
4. To straddle.

Noun

1. A long step in walking.
2. The distance covered by a long step.
3. The number of memory locations between successive elements in an array, pixels in a bitmap, etc.
4. A jazz piano style of the 1920s and 1930s. The left hand characteristically plays a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English striden, from Old English strīdan (“stride”), from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną. Cognate with Low German striden (“to fight, to stride”), Dutch strijden (“to fight”), German streiten (“to fight, to quarrel”).

From Middle English stride, stryde, from Old English stride (“a stride, pace”), from the verb (see above). Doublet of strid.

Business name ideas with “Stride”

Industries where “Stride” fits

We suggest this word for 4 business types and industries, including:

• Physical Therapy Clinic
• Shoe Store
• Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists
• Shoe Stores