English Explanatory Dictionary

glide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
  2. To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
  3. To cause to glide.
  4. To pass with a glide, as the voice.
noun
  1. The act of gliding.
  2. A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
  3. An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
  4. A bird, the glede or kite.
  5. A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
  6. The joining of two sounds without a break.
  7. A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
name
  1. A census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡlaɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glide.wav

Word forms

glide glides gliding glided glid glode glidden

Etymology

From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleydʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida, Finnish liitää.

Synonyms

coast slide semivowel semiconsonant

Derived words

boostglide downglide glidant glide bomb glide kip glideless glideosome glide pad glide path glider glide ratio glide reflection glide slope glideslope glide time gliding gliding vowel glip handglide hang-glide hang glide hypersonic glide vehicle midglide offglide off-glide onglide on-glide outglide overglide paraglide upglide voice glide
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