Definitions of glide
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To
flow
gently;
to
move
along
smoothly
and
easily.
-
To
pass
with
a
glide,
as
the
voice.
-
To
move
through
the
air
by
virtue
of
gravity
or
momentum;
to
volplane.
-
To
flow,
or
move
along
smoothly
or
noiselessly;
to
move
in
an
airplane
under
the
influence
of
gravity
only.
-
To
slide
smoothly
and
easily:
to
flow
gently:
to
pass
rapidly.
-
To
flow
or
slide
smoothly;
pass
rapidly.
-
move
smoothly
and
effortlessly
-
cause
to
move
or
pass
silently,
smoothly,
or
imperceptibly
-
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"
-
fly
in
or
as
if
in
a
glider
plane
-
A
transitional
sound
in
speech
which
is
produced
by
the
changing
of
the
mouth
organs
from
one
definite
position
to
another,
and
with
gradual
change
in
the
most
frequent
cases;
as
in
passing
from
the
begining
to
the
end
of
a
regular
diphthong,
or
from
vowel
to
consonant
or
consonant
to
vowel
in
a
syllable,
or
from
one
component
to
the
other
of
a
double
or
diphthongal
consonant (
see
Guide
to
Pronunciation, //
19,
161,
162).
Also (
by
Bell
and
others),
the
vanish (
or
brief
final
element)
or
the
brief
initial
element,
in
a
class
of
diphthongal
vowels,
or
the
brief
final
or
initial
part
of
some
consonants (
see
Guide
to
Pronunciation, //
18,
97,
191).
-
To
flow
gently,
as
water;
to
move
silently
and
smoothly;
to
pass
rapidly
and
easily.
-
The
glede
or
kite.
-
The
act
or
manner
of
moving
smoothly,
swiftly,
and
without
labor
or
obstruction.
-
Movement
of
a
glider,
aeroplane,
etc.,
through
the
air
under
gravity
or
its
own
movement.
-
The
act
of
moving
along
smoothly;
the
movement
of
an
airplane
without
any
motor.
-
Act
of
gliding.
-
The
act
of
gliding.
-
The
act
or
manner
of
moving
smoothly
and
swiftly.
-
GLIDINGLY.
-
Gildingly.
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