| glide | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. glide, semivowel | a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant. |
| ~ speech sound, phone, sound | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language. |
| ~ palatal | a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast'). |
| n. (act) | 2. coast, glide, slide | 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" |
| ~ movement, move, motion | the act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" |
| ~ sideslip, skid, slip | an unexpected slide. |
| ~ snowboarding | the act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard. |
| n. (act) | 3. glide, gliding, sailing, sailplaning, soaring | the activity of flying a glider. |
| ~ flying, flight | an instance of traveling by air.; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" |
| ~ hang gliding | gliding in a hang glider. |
| ~ paragliding, parasailing | gliding in a parasail. |
| v. (motion) | 4. glide | move smoothly and effortlessly. |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ slide, slew, slue, slip, skid | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner.; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" |
| ~ coast | move effortlessly; by force of gravity. |
| ~ skitter | glide easily along a surface. |
| ~ snake | move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake. |
| ~ skate | move along on skates.; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter" |
| ~ skim, plane | travel on the surface of water. |
| ~ surf, surfboard | ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard.; "Californians love to surf" |
| ~ body-surf | ride the crest of a wave without a surfboard. |
| ~ snowboard | glide down a snow-covered slope while standing on a board.; "The children love to snowboard in winter" |
| v. (motion) | 5. glide | fly in or as if in a glider plane. |
| ~ air travel, aviation, air | travel via aircraft.; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" |
| ~ aviate, pilot, fly | operate an airplane.; "The pilot flew to Cuba" |
| ~ kite | soar or fly like a kite.; "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains" |
| ~ sailplane, soar | fly a plane without an engine. |
| v. (motion) | 6. glide | cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
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