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glide
I. \ˈglīd\ verb
(glided \-də̇d\ ; or archaic glid \ˈglid\ ; also archaic glode \ˈglōd\ ; glided or archaic glid also archaic glode ; gliding \ˈglīdiŋ\ ; glides)
Etymology: Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan; akin to Old High German glītan to glide, Old Norse gleithr standing with legs far apart, and probably to Old English geolu yellow — more at yellow
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly
< a canoe gliding over the still lake >
< silvery fish gliding about in the depths of the pool >
< snowy gulls glided through the blue of the sky >
: move with a quiet smoothness marked by little or no perceptible or distracting extraneous motion
< began gliding about with a tray full of glasses — Willa Cather >
< watched the skiers glide swiftly and silently down the slope >
: move lightly and silently
< glided out of the room as noiselessly as she had entered >
b. : to move stealthily : move cautiously and furtively : slip, steal, creep
< gliding along the wall until they were out of sight >
2.
a. : to elapse gradually and imperceptibly
< hours gliding tranquilly by >
b. : to pass or taper off into something different gradually and imperceptibly by slight progressive changes : merge
< feelings of hostility … glide into those of peculiar courtesy — Archibald Alison >
: slip gradually into something
< glided into telling you the secret — Charles Dickens >
3. of an airplane : to descend at a normal angle of attack with little or no thrust
4. of the tongue : to change position in the articulation of a glide
5. : glance vi 1b (2)
transitive verb
1. : to cause to glide
< gliding the airplane to a safe place to land >
< gliding the boat over the water >
2. : to fly over in or as if in a glider
< wondered whether, if I got up enough momentum, I could … glide the Atlantic — Richard Joseph >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : the action of gliding : a gliding movement; specifically : the flight of a gliding aircraft
< saw the long glide of the airplane >
2. : a calm stretch of shallow water flowing smoothly and gently
< fishing in the glides of a stream >
3.
a. : portamento 1
b. : a nonsignificant sound produced by the passing of the vocal organs to or from the articulatory position of a speech sound; specifically : the less prominent vowel or sound like a vowel in the articulation of two consecutive vowel sounds unequal in prominence (as the very brief \ē\ or \i\ sound of \y\ in \ˈyel\ yell) — see off-glide, on-glide
4.
a. : a fencing attack in which the forte of the weapon is pressed against the foible of the antagonist's weapon and the point then slid along his blade
b. : glance 2c
5. : a circular typically dome-shaped usually metal button attached to the bottom of furniture legs or supports so as to provide a low-friction surface for easy movement of the furniture |