When the morning's first streetcar announces its arrival and glides smoothly up to the stop, there are many already standing and waiting there.
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Glides
//ɡlaɪdz//
Synonyms for "glides" (271 found)
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dorsaldriftelapseendureepenthetic vowelexpireexplosiveferryfishtailingflatflitfloatflowflow onflowingflyfootfrontghostgive no trouble
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glidingglissadeglissandoglossalglottalglottalizationgo bygo easilygo like clockworkgo ongumshoegutturalhardheavyhighhophoverhydroplaneice skateice-skateintonatedjetlabiallabializationlabiodentallabiovelarlandslidelandsliplapselaryngeallastlaterallaxlightlingualliquidlowmanner of articulationmidmodificationmonophthongmonophthongalmorphophonememousemutemutednarrownasalnasalizednavigatenose diveocclusiveopenoxytonepalatalpalatalizedparasitic vowelpasspass by
Related words (135)
peakpharyngealpharyngealizationpharyngealizedphonephonemephonemicphoneticphonicpitchpitchedplaneplosiveplow the deepposttonicpower divepresent no difficultiespress onproceedprothetic vowel
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pull-uppulloutpushdownpussyfootretroflexrideride the searollroll onroller skateroller-skaterollingroundedrunrun its courserun onrun outrun smoothlysailsailingsailplanescudseaplanesegmental phonemeshootsideslipskateskateboardskatingskiskidskiingskimskulksledsleddingsleighslickslidderslide downslidingslinkslipslippageslippingslitherslitheringsnakesneaksnowslidesnowslipsoarsoftsonantsonorityspeech soundspiralstallstealstopstoppedstreamstressedstrongstuntingsubsidencesurdsweepsweepingsyllabicsyllabic nucleussyllabic peaksyllabletactical maneuverstake the airtake wingtensethickthroatytoboggantobogganingtonaltonictransition soundtriphthongtwangyunaccentedunroundedunstressedvelarvocablevocalicvocoidvoicevoicedvoiced soundvoicelessvoiceless soundvoicingvolplanevowelvowellikewalk the watersweakwidewingwork wellwrigglezoom
Noun(5 words)
Verb(1 words)
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Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
"Seas remain / to plough, long years of exile must be thine, / ere thou at length Hesperia's land shalt gain, / where Lydian Tiber glides through many a peopled plain."
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Water springs out of a fountain, flows downwards in a brook, runs in a beck, stands in a pond, glides in the stream, is whirled about in a whirlpool and causes fens.
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After a goodbye kiss, Mary glides off towards the women's changing rooms.
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