Definition of
glide has definitions from the fields of transportation,linguistics,phonetics
1
[ verb ] move smoothly and effortlessly

Used in print

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

The fish_hawk , his wings not moving , circled and glided lower .

Related terms

travel skid snake coast plane surf skitter surf skate elapse slide

2
[ noun ] the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

Synonyms

slide coast

Examples

"his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill" "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"

Related terms

motion skid skid slide coast

3
[ noun ] (linguistics,phonetics) a vowel-like sound that serves as a consonant

Synonyms

semivowel

Related terms

phone palatal

4
[ verb ] cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly

Related terms

move slide

5
[ verb ] (transportation) fly in or as if in a glider plane

Related terms

fly kite sailplane air_travel

6
[ noun ] (transportation) the activity of flying a glider

Synonyms

sailplaning soaring sailing gliding

Related terms

flight hang_gliding parasailing hang_glide

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Rhymes with

lied slide allied collide applied implied allied halide backslide landslide mudslide landslide multiplied

Phonetic and Homophones

G L AY1 D

Similar Spelling

glade Glaude glad glute glued Gloyd gleet Glady

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