 glide |
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| 1. | [ verb ] move smoothly and effortlessly | |
| Related terms: | travel skid snake coast plane surf skitter surf skate elapse slide | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it | |
| Synonyms: | slide coast | |
| Examples: | "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill" "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" |
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| Related terms: | motion skid skid slide coast | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (linguistics,phonetics) a vowel-like sound that serves as a consonant | |
| Synonyms: | semivowel | |
| Related terms: | phone palatal | |
| 4. | [ verb ] cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly | |
| Related terms: | move slide | |
| 5. | [ verb ] (transportation) fly in or as if in a glider plane | |
| Related terms: | fly kite sailplane air_travel | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (transportation) the activity of flying a glider | |
| Synonyms: | sailplaning soaring sailing gliding | |
| Related terms: | flight hang_gliding parasailing hang_glide | |
| Similar spelling: |
glade Glaude glad glute glued Gloyd gleet Glady |
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