different between striding vs triding

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?a?d??/
• Rhymes: -a?d??

Etymology 1

From Middle English strydyng, stridende, strydand, from Old English str?dende, from Proto-Germanic *str?dandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *str?dan? (“to endeavour; stand tall; withstand; take long steps”), equivalent to stride +? -ing.

Verb

striding

1. present participle of stride

Etymology 2

From Middle English strydynge, equivalent to stride +? -ing.

Noun

striding (countable and uncountable, plural stridings)

1. 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!

2. (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

English

Noun

triding (plural tridings)

1. Alternative form of trithing

Anagrams

• dirting, driting