单词 | to glide away |
释义 | > as lemmasto glide away 8. transitive. = to cause to glide (in different senses). Also †to glide away. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move or cause to move progressively in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > cause to move along smoothly glide1834 skate1883 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. iv. 17) 53 Silly are they that think to glide away their groans with games, and their cares with cards, &c. 1774 W. Mitford Ess. Harmony Lang. 48 They sound i, but glide it so imperceptibly into the following vowel that it cannot form a distinct syllable. 1834 T. Wentworth West India Sketch Bk. I. 299 Enjoying the..light airs which began to play on the surface of the water, and to glide the vessel quietly on her course. 1893 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends 128 Ferdie glides the graceful Louise through the room in poetic motion. 1897 W. Anderson On Surg. Treatm. Lupus 14 The raw surface may be covered in by gliding portions of detached integument from an adjacent part. < as lemmas |
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