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Word entry · 8 letters

striding

Best crossword clue

"Walking with long steps"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈstɹaɪdɪŋ/Sorted dgiinrstStarts with SEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Walking with long, confident steps.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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!

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