glide
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[edit] Etymology
From Old English glīdan, from West Germanic. Cognate with Dutch glijden, German gleiten.
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glide (third-person singular simple present glides, present participle gliding, simple past and past participle glided or (archaic) glode)
- (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI
- The water over which the boats glided was black and smooth, rising into huge foamless billows, the more terrible because they were silent.
- 2011 January 22, “Man Utd 5 - 0 Birmingham”, BBC:
- But it was 37-year-old Giggs who looked like a care-free teenager as he glided across the pitch he knows so well to breathtaking effect.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI
- (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft.
- (transitive) To cause to glide.
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To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
To cause to glide
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glide (plural glides)
- The act of gliding.
- (linguistics) Semivowel
- (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
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The act of gliding
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(fencing) An attack or preparatory movement
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glide
- dative singular of glid
