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glide
Found in thesaurus: phone, sound, speech sound, motion, move, movement, flight, flying, go, travel, locomote, aviate, fly, pilot, displace
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glide
v.
move smoothly and easily, coast, soar; move quietly and stealthily; pass quietly without attracting attention; fly in a glider
n.
smooth flowing movement; soaring, flying
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Glide
Glide may refer to:
In flight and movement
- Gliding flight, to fly without thrust
- a measure used by Innova Discs to evaluate flying disc performance
- Bacterial gliding, a form of motility in biology
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glide
Noun
1. a vowel-like sound that serves as a consonant
(synonym) semivowel
(hypernym) phone, speech sound, sound
(hyponym) palatal
2. the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"
(synonym) slide, coast
(hypernym) motion, movement, move
(hyponym) skid, slip, sideslip
3. the activity of flying a glider
(synonym) gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing
(hypernym) flight, flying
(hyponym) hang gliding
Verb
1. move smoothly and effortlessly
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) skid, slip, slue, slew, slide
(see-also) elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
(derivation) slide, coast
2. fly in or as if in a glider plane
(hypernym) fly, aviate, pilot
(hyponym) kite
(derivation) gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing
(classification) air travel, aviation, air
3. cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
(hypernym) move, displace
(derivation) slide, coast
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glide
v.
klouzat; vznášet se; letět kluzákem
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glide
Czas.
sunąć; ślizgać się; szybować
