glide in English

noun

1

a smooth continuous movement.

Then everything seemed to become compact and streamlined, his pace would quicken into a glide , rather than a sprint, and he would hit the ball like a smooth rock and be gone.

2

a sound produced as the vocal organs move toward or away from articulation of a vowel or consonant, for example / y / in mute / myo͞ot /.

They are common in monosyllables and incorporate a glide before a vowel at a syllable boundary.

verb

1

move with a smooth continuous motion, typically with little noise.

a few gondolas glided past

synonyms: slide, slip, sail, float, drift, flow, coast, freewheel, roll, skim, skate, slip, steal, slink

2

make an unpowered flight, either in a glider or in an aircraft with engine failure.

The aircraft then glided to a splashdown into the Pacific Ocean.

noun

soaring, gliding, sailing
semivowel
coast, slide

verb

slide, soar, slip
slide, slip, sail, float, drift, flow, coast, freewheel, roll, skim, skate
soar, wheel, plane, fly
slip, steal, slink

Use "glide" in a sentence

1. 25 The deformation mechanism of the ductile shear zones is the simple shearing of plain strain, and the quartz glide system is either of basal glide, or prismatic glide and rhombohedral glide.

2. To slip or glide along.

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5. Thus one can also refer to that glide phonologically as a labial glide, a velar (or back) glide, or a Bilabial glide (though adding "bi-" would be less than minimal, compared to simply "labial")

6. And grey angelfish glide silently overhead.

7. So much water to glide through!

8. Voiced Bilabial nasal (stop) voiced alveolar nasal (stop) voiced velar nasal (stop) voiced alveolar (lateral) liquid: voiced alveolar (retroflex) liquid: voiced Bilabial glide: voiceless Bilabial glide: voiced palatal glide

9. Briefly then, he let himself glide away.

10. half scale deflection, azimuth and glide path

11. Partly it was Vinny, partly the glide.

12. The plane managed to glide down to the runway.

13. Give me an Arc Glide self - destruct sequence.

14. They can glide great distances without even flapping their wings.

15. Three stingrays glide past like abandoned white pocket handkerchiefs.

16. Ballista SPEED: 14 GLIDE: 5 TURN: -1 FADE: 3

17. Some people glide effortlessly through life with no real worries.

18. Waiters glide between tightly packed tables bearing trays of pasta.

19. Converse was commencing another glide when Smitty went berserk.

20. And aerobically fit skaters slash and glide along groomed tracks.

21. And then for a while Sorcerer let himself glide away.

22. An ice-skating couple glide smoothly together in a rink.

23. This video output uses Glide libraries (hardware acceleration for 3Dfx cards).

24. So graceful was the ballerina that she just seemed to glide.

25. Half-scale deflection, azimuth and glide path (e.g. LPV, ILS, MLS, GLS)

26. She seemed to glide on her little satin-shod feet.

27. The pilot managed to glide down to a safe landing.

28. 19 Waiters glide between tightly packed tables bearing trays of pasta.

29. Glide the pad over the surface you’re Buffing in circular motions

30. Your skis should glide naturally as you move across the snow.

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32. Schools of angelfish and triggerfish, some of them beautifully marked, will glide by.

33. Half scale deflection, azimuth and glide path (e.g. LPV, ILS, MLS, GLS)

34. Of course[sentence dictionary], some new parents glide through without a hitch.

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36. Fanning out on a wide front, they stealthily glide through the rough terrain.

37. Synonyms for Aviate include fly, glide, pilot, plane, soar, wing, wheel, drift, float and sail

38. Antiperspirants are available in spray-on, roll-on, glide, pad, powder, and cream applications

39. The wind was Abaft which made the ship glide faster towards our destination

40. Two designs were tested in 1957, Alpha Draco and the Boost Glide Reentry Vehicle.

41. Her seven-foot wingspan allows her to glide effortlessly for 100 miles in a single day.

42. But the highlight is the skate park, which has ramps and bowls to glide across.

43. Ruts and bumps don't present any problems and the Pirelli Dragons just glide over them.

44. Japan, then, could plausibly glide for decades into a splendidly comfortable – even enviable – dotage.

45. Crewed sailing vessels Sailing is for those who love a slower glide over the water

46. Synonyms for Aquaplane include skim, glide, drift, sail, slide, coast, flow, slip, sweep and roll

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49. Unlike other spacecraft, the shuttle can glide back through the atmosphere, land safely, and be reused.

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