glide
verb
[ ɡlʌɪd ]
• move with a smooth, quiet continuous motion.
• "a few gondolas glided past"
Similar:
slide,
move smoothly,
slip,
sail,
float,
drift,
flow,
coast,
freewheel,
roll,
skim,
skate,
glissade,
• make an unpowered flight, either in a glider or in an aircraft with engine failure.
• "students learning to glide"
glide
noun
• a gliding movement.
• "the cuckoo makes its approach in a hawklike glide"
• a sound produced as the vocal organs move towards or away from articulation of a vowel or consonant, for example /j/ in duke /djuːk/.
• a glancing stroke which slightly deflects the ball, especially towards the leg side.
Origin:
Old English glīdan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch glijden and German gleiten .
