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Glide
ɡlʌɪd
Glide definitions
verb
glide
glided
glides
gliding
- move with a smooth, quiet continuous motion
"a few gondolas glided past"
- move (something) with a smooth continuous motion
"slide your hands firmly across the shoulders then glide them down"
- make an unpowered flight, either in a glider or in an aircraft with engine failure
"students learning to glide"
- (of a bird) fly with very little movement of the wings
noun
glide
glides
- a gliding movement
"the cuckoo makes its approach in a hawklike glide"
- a smooth continuous step in ballroom dancing
- a flight in a glider or unpowered aircraft
"just within range for a straight glide home"
- a sound produced as the vocal organs move towards or away from articulation of a vowel or consonant, for example /j/ in duke /djuːk/
- a glancing stroke which slightly deflects the ball, especially towards the leg side