overstride

verb

Etymology

From over- + stride.

  1. derived from *strīdaną
  2. inherited from *strīdan
  3. inherited from strīdan — “stride
  4. inherited from striden
  5. prefixed as overstride — “over + stride

Definitions

  1. To run or walk with an overly long stride.

    • Unfortunately, by waiting as long as possible each time before jumping, he lost concentration and then, because of overstriding over the first part of the approach run, he made three no-jumps.
  2. To stride (or to stand) over something.

  3. To excel or surpass.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. An overly long stride.

      • Although an overstride was not observed in the diagonal type running walk, a moderate overstride was observed in the lateral type.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overstride. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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