Synonyms of the word

stride

• v. (intransitive) To walk with long steps.
• v. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
• v. To pass over at a step; to step over.
• v. To straddle; to bestride.
• n. A long step.
• n. (computing) The number of memory locations between successive elements in an array, pixels in a bitmap,…
• n. (music) A jazz piano style of the 1920s and 1930s. The left hand characteristically plays a four-beat…

advancement

• n. The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion…
• n. An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
• n. (law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.

cover

• n. A lid.
• n. A hiding from view.
• n. A front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
• n. A top sheet of a bed.
• n. A cover charge.
• n. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
• n. (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
• n. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square;…
• n. (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
• n. (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
• n. (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
• n. (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods…
• n. (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
• n. (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story.
• n. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
• n. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
• adj. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
• adj. (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
• v. (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
• v. (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
• v. To deal with.
• v. To be enough money for.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
• v. (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
• v. (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
• v. (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect…
• v. To provide insurance coverage for.
• v. To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
• v. (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
• v. To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.

cross

• n. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least…
• n. (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese…
• n. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute…
• n. (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
• n. (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
• n. (Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a…
• n. (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
• n. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other.
• n. (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
• n. (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
• n. (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
• n. (soccer) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
• n. A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place…
• n. A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross).
• n. (obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross…
• n. (obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
• n. A line drawn across or through another line.
• n. (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
• n. A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
• n. (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
• adj. Transverse; lying across the main direction.
• adj. (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
• adj. (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
• adj. Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
• adj. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
• prep. (archaic) across.
• prep. cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
• v. To make or form a cross.
• v. To move relatively.
• v. (social) To oppose.
• v. (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
• v. To stamp or mark a cheque in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited…

footstep

• n. The mark or impression left by a foot; a track.
• n. By extension, the indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken.
• n. The sound made by walking, running etc.
• n. A step, as in a stair.
• n. The distance between one foot and the next when walking; a pace.
• n. The act of taking a step.
• n. (obsolete) An inclined plane under a hand printing press.

pace

• n. (obsolete) Passage, route.
• n. Step.
• n. Way of stepping.
• n. Speed or velocity in general.
• n. (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed…
• n. A group of donkeys. The collective noun for donkeys.
• adj. (cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
• v. Walk to and fro in a small space.
• v. Set the speed in a race.
• v. Measure by walking.
• prep. (formal) With all due respect to.
• n. Easter.

progress

• n. Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
• n. Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
• n. An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
• n. (now rare) A journey forward; travel.
• n. Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
• v. (intransitive) to move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
• v. (intransitive) to improve; to become better or more complete.
• v. (transitive) To move (something) forward; to advance, to expedite.

step

• n. An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
• n. A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a…
• n. A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
• n. A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
• n. The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
• n. A small space or distance.
• n. A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
• n. A gait; manner of walking.
• n. Proceeding; measure; action; act.
• n. (plural) A walk; passage.
• n. (plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
• n. (nautical) A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of…
• n. (machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series…
• n. (machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
• n. (music) The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
• n. (kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
• n. (programming) A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
• n. (slang) A stepsibling.
• v. (intransitive) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet…
• v. (intransitive) To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
• v. (intransitive) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To move mentally; to go in imagination.
• v. (transitive) To set, as the foot.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.

track

• n. A mark left by something that has passed along.
• n. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
• n. The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
• n. A road or other similar beaten path.
• n. Physical course; way.
• n. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
• n. The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
• n. (railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.
• n. A tract or area, such as of land.
• n. Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
• n. (automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree (also track width).
• n. (automotive) Short for caterpillar track.
• n. (cricket) The pitch.
• n. Sound stored on a record.
• n. The physical track on a record.
• n. (music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short…
• n. A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
• n. (uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
• n. A session talk on a conference.
• v. To continue observing over time.
• v. (transitive) To follow the tracks of.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To create a musical recording (a track).

traverse

• n. (climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by…
• n. (surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject,…
• n. (obsolete) A screen or partition.
• n. Something that thwarts or obstructs.
• n. (architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
• n. (law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings…
• n. (nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound…
• n. (geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
• n. (military) In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
• v. (transitive) To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
• v. (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
• v. To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
• v. (artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
• v. (climbing), To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
• v. (engineering), (skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe…
• v. To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct.
• v. To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
• v. (carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
• v. (law) To deny formally.
• adv. athwart; across; crosswise.
• adj. Lying across; being in a direction across something else.

tread

• v. (intransitive) To step or walk (on or over something); to trample.
• v. (transitive) To step or walk upon.
• v. To beat or press with the feet.
• v. To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
• v. To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
• v. (intransitive) To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
• v. (transitive, of a male bird) To copulate with.
• n. A step.
• n. A manner of stepping.
• n. (obsolete) A way; a track or path.
• n. The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
• n. The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
• n. The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs.
• n. The sound made when someone or something is walking.
• n. (biology) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
• n. The act of copulation in birds.
• n. (fortification) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
• n. A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.

walk

• v. (intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the…
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, law) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly…
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
• v. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side…
• v. (transitive) To travel (a distance) by walking.
• v. (transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
• v. (transitive) To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
• v. (transitive) To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
• v. (transitive) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave, resign.
• v. (transitive) To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
• v. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
• v. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet,…
• v. (obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.
• v. (transitive, historical) To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
• v. (transitive, informal, hotel) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available…
• n. A trip made by walking.
• n. A distance walked.
• n. (sports) An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before…
• n. A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
• n. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
• n. (poker) A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling…
• n. (baseball) An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known…
• n. In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.
• n. (historical) A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.
• n. (historical) An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
• n. (graph theory) A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding…
• n. (colloquial) Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.