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

Glide can mean:GlidingGliderBacterial gliding, a form of motility in biology.Glide is another word for semivowel in linguistics.Glide, OregonGlide (sleight of hand), a sleight of hand magic moveGlide is a musical synthesizer parameter, equivalent to portamentoGlide is a Web operating systemGlide API, a 3D graphics interfaceGlide is a song by the jam band Phish from their 1992 album A Picture of NectarGlide language, a fictional language from the 2003 novel The Maze GameCrest Glide, an ePTFE dental floss (before its acquisition by Procter & Gamble was known simply as "Glide")Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, named for Lizzie Glide, a Methodist philanthropist who purchased the church site at the intersection of Ellis and Taylor Streets in San Francisco.Glide Foundation is a charitable foundation of the above church
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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

(v. i.)
To pass with a glide, as the voice.
  

(v. i.)
To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice.
  

(n.)
The glede or kite.
  

(n.)
The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction.
  

(n.)
A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant. Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element) or the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal vowels, or the brief final or initial part of some consonants.
  

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