[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.", "to take a long step:to stride across a puddle.", "to straddle."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to walk with long steps along, on, through, over, etc.:to stride the deck.", "to pass over or across in one long step:to stride a ditch.", "to straddle."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a striding manner or a striding gait.", "a long step in walking.", "(in animal locomotion) the act of progressive movement completed when all the feet are returned to the same relative position as at the beginning.", "the distance covered by such a movement:He was walking a stride or two ahead of the others.", "a regular or steady course, pace, etc.", "a step forward in development or progress:rapid strides in mastering algebra.Synonyms: improvement , headway , progress , development , advancement", "strides,Australian Informal.trousers."]}]