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- Dictionaryglide/ɡlʌɪd/
verb
- 1. move with a smooth, quiet continuous motion: "a few gondolas glided past" Similar Opposite
- 2. make an unpowered flight, either in a glider or in an aircraft with engine failure: "students learning to glide"
noun
- 1. a gliding movement: "the cuckoo makes its approach in a hawklike glide"
- 2. a sound produced as the vocal organs move towards or away from articulation of a vowel or consonant, for example /j/ in duke /djuːk/.
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GLIDE definition: 1. to move easily without stopping and without effort or noise: 2. to move or progress without…. Learn more.
glide: [verb] to move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly.
To glide is to sail or skate with ease across a surface. Your favorite thing about winter might be watching the skaters in the park glide silently on the ice-covered lake.
GLIDE meaning: 1. to move easily without stopping and without effort or noise: 2. to move or progress without…. Learn more.
14 meanings: 1. to move or cause to move easily without jerks or hesitations 2. to pass slowly or without perceptible change 3..... Click for more definitions.
Glide definition: to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.. See examples of GLIDE used in a sentence.
glide. ( ɡlaɪd) vb. 1. to move or cause to move easily without jerks or hesitations: to glide in a boat down the river. 2. ( intr) to pass slowly or without perceptible change: to glide into sleep. 3. (Aeronautics) to cause (an aircraft) to come into land without engine power, or (of an aircraft) to land in this way.
Glide definition: To move in a smooth, effortless manner. A small disk or ball, as of nylon, attached to the underside of furniture legs, etc. to allow easy sliding.
glide. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English glide1 /ɡlaɪd/ verb [ intransitive] 1 [ always + adverb/preposition] to move smoothly and quietly, as if without effort glide across/over/down etc couples gliding over the dance floor 2 a) if a bird glides, it flies without moving its wings b) if a plane glides, it flies without using an ...
glide meaning: to move somewhere smoothly and quietly: . Learn more.
