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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLIDE, v.i.
1. To flow gently; to move without noise or violence; as a river.
By east, among the dusty vallies glide
The silver streams of Jordan's crystal flood.
2. To move silently and smoothly; to pass along without apparent effort; as a hawk or an eagle gliding through the air.
3. To move or pass rapidly and with apparent ease; as, a ship glides through the water.
4. In a general sense, to move or slip along with ease as on a smooth surface, or to pass along rapidly without apparent effort, and without obstruction.
GLIDE, n. The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly and without labor or obstruction.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant [syn: semivowel, glide]
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" [syn: slide, glide, coast]
3: the activity of flying a glider [syn: glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing] v
1: move smoothly and effortlessly
2: fly in or as if in a glider plane
3: cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (glided; gliding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gl?dan; akin to Old High German gl?tan to glide Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly <swans gliding over the lake> 2. to go or pass imperceptibly <hours glided by> 3. a. of an airplane to descend gradually in controlled flight b. to fly in a glider 4. to produce a glide (as in music or speech) transitive verb to cause to glide II. noun Date: 1584 1. a calm stretch of shallow water flowing smoothly 2. the act or action of gliding 3. portamento 4. a. a less prominent vowel sound produced by the passing of the vocal organs to or from the articulatory position of a speech sound — compare diphthong b. semivowel 5. a device for facilitating movement of something; especially a circular usually metal button attached to the bottom of furniture legs to provide a smooth surface

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (of a stream, bird, snake, ship, train, skater, etc.) move with a smooth continuous motion. 2 intr. (of an aircraft, esp. a glider) fly without engine-power. 3 intr. of time etc.: a pass gently and imperceptibly. b (often foll. by into) pass and change gradually and imperceptibly (night glided into day). 4 intr. move quietly or stealthily. 5 tr. cause to glide (breezes glided the ship on its course). 6 tr. cross in a glider. --n. 1 a the act of gliding. b an instance of this. 2 Phonet. a gradually changing sound made in passing from one position of the speech-organs to another. 3 a gliding dance or dance-step. 4 a flight in a glider. 5 Cricket = GLANCE n. 4. Phrases and idioms: glide clip Austral. a paper fastener made of bent wire. glide path an aircraft's line of descent to land, esp. as indicated by ground radar. Derivatives: glidingly adv. Etymology: OE glidan f. WG

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glide Glide, n. (A["e]ronautics) Movement of a glider, a["e]roplane, etc., through the air under gravity or its own movement.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glide Glide, v. i. (A["e]ronautics) To move through the air by virtue of gravity or momentum; to volplane.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glede Glede (gl[=e]d), n. [AS. glida, akin to Icel. gle[eth]a, Sw. glada. Cf. Glide, v. i.] (Zo["o]l.) The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard. [Written also glead, gled, gleed, glade, and glide.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glide Glide, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glided; p. pr. & vb. n. Gliding.] [AS. gl[=i]dan; akin to D. glijden, OHG. gl[=i]tan, G. gleiten, Sw. glida, Dan. glide, and prob. to E. glad.] 1. 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. The river glideth at his own sweet will. --Wordsworth. 2. (Phon.) To pass with a glide, as the voice.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glide Glide, n. (Zo["o]l.) The glede or kite.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glide Glide, n. 1. The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction. They prey at last ensnared, he dreadful darts, With rapid glide, along the leaning line. --Thomson. Seeing Orlando, it unlink'd itself, And with indented glides did slip away. --Shak. 2. (Phon.) 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 (see Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 19, 161, 162). 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 (see Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 18, 97, 191). Note: The on-glide of a vowel or consonant is the glidemade in passing to it, the off-glide, one made in passing from it. Glides of the other sort are distinguished as initial or final, or fore-glides and after-glides. For voice-glide, see Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 17, 95.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(glides, gliding, glided) 1. If you glide somewhere, you move silently and in a smooth and effortless way. Waiters glide between tightly packed tables bearing trays of pasta. VERB: V prep/adv 2. When birds or aeroplanes glide, they float on air currents. Our only companion is the wandering albatross, which glides effortlessly and gracefully behind the yacht. VERB: V prep/adv

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. 1. Slip, slide, move smoothly. 2. Flow, lapse, run, roll on. II. n. Lapse, slip, gliding, sliding, continuous motion.

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