glide

English

Etymology

From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleydʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaɪd/
• Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

glide (third-person singular simple present glides, present participle gliding, simple past glided or glid or (archaic) glode, past participle glided or glid or glidden or (archaic) glode)

1. (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
   • 1807, William Wordsworth, Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802, in Poems, in Two Volumes (Sonnet 14):

     The river glideth at his own sweet will:

   • 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”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     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.

2. (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
3. (transitive) To cause to glide.
4. (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.

Synonyms

• (to move effortlessly): coast, slide

Translations

To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly

• Armenian: սահել (hy) (sahel)
• Bulgarian: плъзгам се (plǎzgam se), нося се леко (nosja se leko)
• Czech: klouzat impf, klouzat se impf
• Danish: glide
• Dutch: glijden (nl)
• Finnish: liitää (fi), lipua (fi), liukua (fi)
• French: glisser (fr)
• German: gleiten (de)
• Italian: volteggiare
• Latin: lābor (la)
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• Macedonian: лизга (lizga)
• Maori: naki, wani, rōnaki, whātino, tuanaki
• Middle English: gliden
• Old English: glidan
• Portuguese: deslizar (pt)
• Romanian: glisa (ro), aluneca (ro)
• Russian: скользи́ть (ru) impf (skolʹzítʹ)
• Slovak: kĺzať (sa) impf
• Spanish: deslizar (es)

To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft

• Bulgarian: планирам (bg) (planiram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滑翔 (zh) (huáxiáng)

• Danish: svæve (da)
• Dutch: zweven (nl)
• Esperanto: gliti (eo)
• Finnish: liitää (fi)
• French: planer (fr)
• German: gleiten (de)
• Italian: librarsi
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• Japanese: 滑空する (かっくうする, kakkū suru)
• Maori: tauihi, rereangi
• Portuguese: planar (pt)
• Quechua: awankay
• Russian: плани́ровать (ru) impf (planírovatʹ)
• Slovak: plachtiť impf
• Spanish: planear (es)
• Thai: ร่อน (th) (rɔ̂n)
• Turkish: süzülmek (tr)
• Vietnamese: lướt (vi), lượn (vi), liệng (vi)

To cause to glide

• Finnish: liu’uttaa
• German: gleiten lassen
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• Macedonian: слизнува (sliznuva)
• Slovak: kĺzať impf

Noun

glide (plural glides)

1. The act of gliding.
2. (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.

   Synonyms: semivowel, semiconsonant

3. (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
4. A bird, the glede or kite.
5. A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor.
6. The joining of two sounds without a break.
7. A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.

Related terms

• glider
• gliding
• offglide, off-glide
• onglide, on-glide

Translations

The act of gliding

• Bulgarian: плъзгане n (plǎzgane)
• Czech: skluz (cs) m, klouzání n, sklouznutí n
• Danish: glide
• Finnish: liitäminen (fi), liito (fi)
• Japanese: 滑空 (かっくう, kakkū)
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• Macedonian: лизгање n (lizganje)
• Romanian: glisare (ro) f, alunecare (ro) f, glisaj n
• Russian: скольже́ние (ru) n (skolʹžénije), плани́рование (ru) n (planírovanije) (of an aircraft)
• Slovak: sklz m, kľzanie n, skĺznutie n

semivowel — see semivowel

(fencing) An attack or preparatory movement

• Bulgarian: гмуркане n (gmurkane)
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Anagrams

• gelid, lidge, liged

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gli
• glida

Etymology

From Middle Low German gliden

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɡliːə/

Verb

glide (imperative glid, present tense glid, simple past gleid, past participle glidd or glitt or glide)

1. to slip (to lose one's traction on a slippery surface)

   Han gleid på isen.

   He slipped on the ice.

2. to glide (to move effortlessly)

   Skia glid godt.

   The skis glide well.

References

• “glide” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Volapük

Noun

glide

1. dative singular of glid

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian glīda, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną.

Verb

glide

1. to glide, to slide

Inflection

Strong class 1
infinitive	glide
3rd singular past	glied
past participle	gliden
infinitive	glide
long infinitive	gliden
gerund	gliden n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	glyd	glied
2nd singular	glydst	gliedst
3rd singular	glydt	glied
plural	glide	glieden
imperative	glyd
participles	glidend	gliden

Further reading

• “glide”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011