striding
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɹaɪdɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
Etymology 1
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.
Verb
striding
- present participle of stride
Etymology 2
From Middle English strydynge, equivalent to stride + -ing.
Noun
striding (countable and uncountable, plural stridings)
- The act of one who strides; a long step.
- 1804, Thomas Brown, Poems (page 191)
- 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)
- (skiing, uncountable) 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.
Synonyms
(skiing):
- classic striding
- striding technique
Coordinate terms
(skiing):
- skating
- double poling
Anagrams
- tridings