GLIDE
\ɡlˈa͡ɪd], \ɡlˈaɪd], \ɡ_l_ˈaɪ_d]\
Definitions of GLIDE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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move smoothly and effortlessly
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cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
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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"
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fly in or as if in a glider plane
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The glede or kite.
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To pass with a glide, as the voice.
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The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction.
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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).
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Movement of a glider, aeroplane, etc., through the air under gravity or its own movement.
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To move through the air by virtue of gravity or momentum; to volplane.
By Oddity Software
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The glede or kite.
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To pass with a glide, as the voice.
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The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction.
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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).
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Movement of a glider, aeroplane, etc., through the air under gravity or its own movement.
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To move through the air by virtue of gravity or momentum; to volplane.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of moving along smoothly; the movement of an airplane without any motor.
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To flow, or move along smoothly or noiselessly; to move in an airplane under the influence of gravity only.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Gildingly.
By James Champlin Fernald