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Glide

//ˈɡlaɪd// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.

Noun

1
The act of gliding.
2
the activity of flying a glider wordnet
3
A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
4
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it wordnet
5
An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.

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a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant wordnet
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A bird, the glede or kite.
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A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
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The joining of two sounds without a break.
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A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.

Verb

1
To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly. intransitive
"The river glideth at his own sweet will:"
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move smoothly and effortlessly wordnet
3
To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish. intransitive
"The tide was out, and we drew up amid the strong bracing smell of seaweed, with gulls screeching, wheeling around, and gliding on the wind."
4
cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly wordnet
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To cause to glide. transitive

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fly in or as if in a glider plane wordnet
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To pass with a glide, as the voice.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleydʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida, Finnish liitää.

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