glide

glide  (gld)

v. glid·ed, glid·ing, glides

v.intr.

1. To move in a smooth, effortless manner: a submarine gliding through the water. See Synonyms at slide.

2. To move silently and furtively.

3. To occur or pass imperceptibly.

4. To fly without propulsion. Used of an aircraft.

5. Music To blend one tone into the next; slur.

6. Linguistics To articulate a glide in speech.

v.tr.

To cause to move or pass smoothly, silently, or imperceptibly.

n.

1. The act of gliding.

2. Music A slur.

3. Linguistics

a. The transitional sound produced by passing from the articulatory position of one speech sound to that of another.

b. See semivowel.

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[Middle English gliden, from Old English gldan; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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glide [glaɪd]

vb

1. to move or cause to move easily without jerks or hesitations to glide in a boat down the river

2. (intr) to pass slowly or without perceptible change to glide into sleep

3. (Engineering / Aeronautics) to cause (an aircraft) to come into land without engine power, or (of an aircraft) to land in this way

4. (Engineering / Aeronautics) (intr) to fly a glider

5. (Music / Classical Music) (intr) Music to execute a portamento from one note to another

6. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) (intr) Phonetics to produce a glide

n

1. a smooth easy movement

2. (Performing Arts / Dancing)

a.  any of various dances featuring gliding steps

b.  a step in such a dance

3. (Engineering / Aeronautics) a manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes a gentle descent without engine power See also glide path

4. (Engineering / Aeronautics) the act or process of gliding

5. (Music / Instruments) Music

a.  a long portion of tubing slipped in and out of a trombone to increase its length for the production of lower harmonic series See also valve [5]

b.  a portamento or slur

6. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) Phonetics

a.  a transitional sound as the speech organs pass from the articulatory position of one speech sound to that of the next, as the (w) sound in some pronunciations of the word doing

b.  another word for semivowel

7. (Chemistry) Crystallog another name for slip¹ [33]

8. (Team Sports / Cricket) Cricket another word for glance¹ [11]

[Old English glīdan; related to Old High German glītan]

glidingly  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	glide - a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant semivowel speech sound, phone, sound - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language palatal - a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')
	2.	glide - 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" coast, slide movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" sideslip, skid, slip - an unexpected slide snowboarding - the act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard
	3.	glide - the activity of flying a glider       gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing flying, flight - an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" hang gliding - gliding in a hang glider paragliding, parasailing - gliding in a parasail
Verb	1.	glide - move smoothly and effortlessly go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" slide, slew, slue, slip, skid - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" coast - move effortlessly; by force of gravity skitter - glide easily along a surface snake - move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake skate - move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter" skim, plane - travel on the surface of water surf, surfboard - ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard; "Californians love to surf" body-surf - ride the crest of a wave without a surfboard snowboard - glide down a snow-covered slope while standing on a board; "The children love to snowboard in winter" elapse, glide by, go by, slide by, slip by, slip away, go along, pass, lapse - pass by; "three years elapsed"
	2.	glide - fly in or as if in a glider plane air travel, aviation, air - travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" aviate, pilot, fly - operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba" kite - soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains" sailplane, soar - fly a plane without an engine
	3.	glide - cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

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glide

verb

1. slip, sail, slide, ghost, skim Waiters glide between tightly packed tables.

2. float, fly, soar, skim the albatross which glides effortlessly behind the yacht

3. sail, run, coast, skim The royal ships glided past fjords and dramatic waterfalls.

Translations

glide [glaɪd]

A. N [of dancer etc] → deslizamiento m (Aer) → planeo m, vuelo m sin motor (Mus) → ligadura f

B. VI

1. (= move smoothly) → deslizarse
she glides to the door → se desliza hacia la puerta
to glide away; to glide off → escurrirse or deslizarse sigilosamente

2. (Aer) → planear

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glide [ˈglaɪd]

vi

(= move smoothly) → glisser

[bird, plane] → planer

n

[skater] → glissement m

[bird, hang-glider] → vol m plané

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glide

vi

(person) → gleiten; (through the air) → schweben, gleiten; to glide into a room → in ein Zimmer schweben; to glide in → hereinschweben; to glide off or away → davongleiten; (person, ghost) → davonschweben

(bird) → gleiten; (plane) → im Gleitflug fliegen; (glider) → gleiten, schweben; (= fly in a glider) → segelfliegen; I would like to learn to glide → ich möchte Segelfliegen lernen; to glide down to land → zur Landung ansetzen

vt → gleiten lassen; plane → im Gleitflug fliegen (lassen)

n

(Dancing) → Gleit- or Schleifschritt m

(Mus) → Portamento nt; (Phon) → Gleitlaut m

(Aviat) → Gleitflug m

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glide [glaɪd]

1. n (of dancer) → volteggio (Aer) → planata; (Skiing) → scivolata

2. vi (move smoothly) → scivolare silenziosamente; (dancer) → volteggiare (Aer) (birds) → planare
to glide in (person) → entrare silenziosamente

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glide [glaɪd]

1. n (of dancer) → volteggio (Aer) → planata; (Skiing) → scivolata

2. vi (move smoothly) → scivolare silenziosamente; (dancer) → volteggiare (Aer) (birds) → planare
to glide in (person) → entrare silenziosamente

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glide

v glide [glaid]

1 to move smoothly and easily The dancers glided across the floor. sweef, gly يَنْزَلِق، يَتَحَرَّك بانسِيابيَّه плъзгам се klouzat glide; svæve gleiten γλιστρώ deslizar(se) liuglema به نرمی حرکت کردن؛ سر خوردن lipua (faire) glisser לרחף विसर्पण करना kliziti (el)suhan meluncur svífa scivolare すべる 미끄러지듯이 움직이다 slysti, šliuožti slīdēt meluncur glijden gli, sveve płynąć deslizar a alu­neca скользить kĺzať drseti kliziti glida, sväva แล่น; ร่อน; เลื้อย; เคลื่อนที่อย่างเร็วและแผ่วเบา kaymak, süzülmek 滑動 рухатися плавно روانی سے حرکت کرنا lướt; trượt 滑动

2 to travel by or fly a glider. gly, sweef يَطيرُ بِطَيّارةٍ شِراعِيَّه летя без мотор plachtit glide; svæve segeln ταξιδεύω με ανεμόπτερο planear purilennukiga sõitma با هواپیمای بی موتور پرواز کردن liitää faire du vol à voile לטוס בדאון ग्लाईडर द्वारा यात्रा करना jedriti siklórepüléssel repül melayang svífa planare グライダーで飛ぶ 활공하다 skristi sklandytuvu, sklandyti planēt meluncur zweefvliegen fly med seilfly lecieć szybowcem planar a plana планировать plachtiť jadrati po zraku jedriliti glidflyga, segelflyga แล่น; ร่อน plânörle uçmak, plânör kullanmak 滑翔 планерувати جہاز یا گلائڈر میں سفر کرنا liệng 滑翔

n

a gliding movement. gly, sweefvlieg حَرَكةٍ إنْسِيابيَّه плавно движение klouzání svævende øjeblik das Gleiten ολίσθηση deslizamiento liuglemine عمل سر خوردن liito glissement להחליק फिसलाव klizanje, lebdjenje siklás luncuran svif, jöfn og rennandi hreyfing scivolamento; volo planato 滑走 미끄러지는 듯한 동작 sklandymas slīdēšana; planēšana peluncuran glijdende beweging, glidende bevegelse, sveving szybowanie voo planado alunecare скольжение kĺzanie drsenje jedrenje glidande rörelse การเลื่อน; การไหล; การเลื้อย; การลื่นไถล; การแล่น; การร่อน kayma, süzülme 滑動 плавний рух; планерування سبک روی کا عمل sự lướt, trượt 滑动

n glider

a small, light aeroplane which has no engine. sweeftuig طائِرَه شِراعِيَّه безмоторен самолет větroň, kluzák svæveflyver das Segelflugzeug ανεμόπτερο planeador purilennuk گلایدر؛ هواپیمای بی موتور purjelentokone planeur דאון ग्लाईडर, एक प्रकार का हवाई जहाज jedrilica, jedrenjak vitorlázó repülőgép pesawat terbang layang sviffluga aliante グライダー 글라이더 sklandytuvas planieris glider zweefvliegtuig seilfly szybowiec planador planor планёр klzák jadralno letalo jedrilica glidflygplan, segelflygplan เครื่องร่อน plânör 滑翔翼 планер گلائڈر tàu lượn 滑翔机

n gliding

the flying of gliders I enjoy gliding. sweefvlieg طيران شِراعي летене с безмоторен самолет bezmotorové létání svæveflyvning der Segelflug ταξίδι με ανεμόπτερο vuelo sin motor; planeo purilend گلایدر سواری purjelento vol à voile דאייה विसर्पण jedriličarstvo siklórepülés terbang layang svifflug volo a vela グライダー飛行 활공 sklandymas planēšana; planierisms meluncur het zweefvliegen seilflyging szybownictwo fazer voo planado planare планеризм bezmotorové lietanie jadralno letenje jedriličarstvo glidflygning, segelflygning การร่อน plânörle uçma, plânörcülük 滑翔 планерування گلائڈر کی اڑان môn thể thao bay bằng tàu lượn 滑翔