(countable) A long step in walking.

(countable) The distance covered by a long step.

(countable, computing) The number of memory locations between successive elements in an array, pixels in a bitmap, etc.

(uncountable, music) A jazz piano style of the 1920s and 1930s. The left hand characteristically plays a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats.

(intransitive) To walk with long steps.

To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.

To pass over at a step; to step over.

To straddle; to bestride.