Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

strid

/stɹɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: strid
IPA: /stɹɪd/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place where a chasm or gorge is narrow enough to be crossed.

British usage; Dated

verb

simple past and past participle of stride

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The pair have reached that fearful chasm, How tempting to bestride! For lordly Wharf is there pent in With rocks on either side. This striding-place is called THE STRID, A name which it took of yore: A thousand years hath it borne that name, And shall a thousand more."
"On through narrow strids and roaring cataracts, where Tom was deafened and blinded for a moment by the rushing waters"

Etymology

From Middle English stryd, a byform of stryde, stride. See stride (noun). The noun term comes from the appearance that the river may be crossable with a stride.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: stryd

Usage

British usage
Dated
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

strids (plural)

Rhymes With

did kid mid id rid bid madrid it'd grid amid lid hid

Questions

How do you pronounce strid?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɹɪd/.
What does strid mean?: A place where a chasm or gorge is narrow enough to be crossed.
Where does strid come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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