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- DictionaryGlide/ɡlīd/
verb
- 1. move with a smooth continuous motion, typically with little noise: "a few gondolas glided past"
- 2. make an unpowered flight, either in a glider or in an aircraft with engine failure: "students learning to glide"
noun
- 1. a smooth continuous movement: "the cuckoo makes its approach in a hawklike glide"
- 2. a sound produced as the vocal organs move toward or away from articulation of a vowel or consonant, for example /j/ in mute /mjut/.
[intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to move smoothly and quietly, especially as though it takes no effort. Swans went gliding past. The skaters were gliding over the ice. Extra Examples. Definitions on the go. Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
Definition of glide – Learner’s Dictionary. glide. verb. uk. Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio. / ɡlaɪd / us. Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio. glide along/into/over, etc. to move somewhere smoothly and quietly: The train slowly glided out of the station. Want to learn more?
Definition of glide. 1. as in to flow. to move or proceed smoothly and readily looking for a college course that he could just glide through. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. flow. drift. sail. slide. slip. brush. cruise. sweep. fly. breeze. speed. coast. race. roll. stream. skim. whisk. rush.
See synonyms for glide on Thesaurus.com verb (used without object), glid·ed, glid·ing. to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.
View definitions for glide. glide. verb as in move smoothly and quickly on a surface. Compare Synonyms. Synonyms. Antonyms. Strongest matches. descend. drift. flit. float. fly. sail. skate. skim. skip. slide. slip. slither. soar. spiral. waft. Strong matches. coast. decline. flow. glissade. roll. run. scud. shoot. slink. stream. trip. wing.
Mar 9, 2019 · Glides (or "semivowels") are sounds that are not phonetically dissimilar from vowels but behave like consonants—that is, they cannot constitute the nucleus (peak) of a syllable.
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