A bird can glide through the air without moving its wings.
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Glide
/ˈɡlaɪd/
Synonyms for "glide" (411 found)
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Noun(25 words)
Verb(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
drifting organisms
Strong matches (123)
Adjective(2 words)
dutch schuivenliquid water flow
Noun(31 words)
easeflagellateflagellatesfliesfloatingfloating conductorfloating groundfloatsflyingfoxtrotfoxtrotsfreewheelfreewheelingfreewheelsglidesglidingglissandiglissandosgondolashydrofoil
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Verb(7 words)
elapseendureepenthetic vowelexpireexplosiveferryfishtailingflatflitfloatflowflow onflowingflyfootfrontghostgive no troubleglidingglissade
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glissandoglossalglottalglottalizationgo bygo easilygo like clockworkgo ongumshoegutturalhardheavyhighhophoverhydroplaneice skateice-skateintonatedjetlabiallabializationlabiodentallabiovelarlandslidelandsliplapselaryngeallastlaterallaxlightlingualliquidlowmanner of articulationmidmodificationmonophthongmonophthongalmorphophonememousemutemutednarrownasalnasalizednavigatenose diveocclusiveopenoxytonepalatalpalatalizedparasitic vowelpasspass bypeakpharyngealpharyngealizationpharyngealizedphonephoneme
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phonemicphoneticphonicpitchpitchedplaneplosiveplow the deepposttonicpower divepresent no difficultiespress onproceedprothetic vowelpull-uppulloutpushdownpussyfootretroflexride
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ride the searollroll onroller skateroller-skaterollingroundedrunrun its courserun onrun outrun smoothlysailsailingsailplanescudseaplanesegmental phonemesemivowelshootsideslipskateskateboardskatingskiskidskiingskimskulksledsleddingsleighslickslidderslideslide downslidingslinkslipslippageslippingslitherslitheringsnakesneaksnowslidesnowslipsoarsoftsonantsonorityspeech soundspiralstallstealstopstoppedstreamstressedstrongstuntingsubsidencesurdsweepsweepingsyllabicsyllabic nucleussyllabic peaksyllabletactical maneuverstake the airtake wingtensethickthroatytoboggantobogganingtonaltonictransition soundtriphthongtwangyunaccentedunroundedunstressedvelarvocablevocalicvocoidvoicevoicedvoiced soundvoicelessvoiceless soundvoicingvolplanevowelvowellikewalk the watersweakwidewingwork wellwrigglezoom
Noun(52 words)
Verb(27 words)
Adjective(1 words)
smooth movement
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14 entriesCollocations
9 entriesdrawer glideglide pathglide ratioglide slopeglide speedgliding motiongraceful glidesmooth glideunpowered glide
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
15 total sentences available.
All in the golden afternoon / Full leisurely we glide; / For both our oars, with little skill, / By little arms are plied, / While little hands make vain pretence / Our wanderings to guide.
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Tom watched the skaters glide across the ice.
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Pale at the sight we fly; unswerving, these / glide on and seek Laocoon. First, entwined / in stringent folds, his two young sons they seize, / with cruel fangs their tortured limbs to grind.
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