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Glide can mean:

Gliding (flight) flying without thrust
Gliding an air sport/recreation
Glide, a type of phone in phonology (also called a semivowel)
Bacterial gliding, a form of motility in biology
Glide is another word for semivowel in linguistics
Glide, Oregon
Glide (sleight of hand), a sleight of hand magic move
Glide is a musical synthesizer parameter, equivalent to portamento
Glide is a Web operating system
Glide API, a 3D graphics interface
"Glide" is a song by the jam band Phish from their 1992 album A Picture of Nectar
Glide language, a fictional language from the 2003 novel The Maze Game
Crest Glide, an ePTFE dental floss (before its acquisition by Procter & Gamble was known simply as "Glide")
Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, named for Lizzie Glide, a Methodist philanthropist who purchased the church site at the intersection of Ellis and Taylor Streets in San Francisco
Glide Foundation, a charitable foundation of the above church
Glide (Pillow Pal), a Pillow Pal dolphin made by Ty, Inc.

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English

Etymology

Old English glīdan, from West Germanic. Cognate with Dutch glijden, German gleiten.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ɡlɑɪd/
SAMPA: /glaId/ (/glaIdz/, /glaIdIN/, /glaId@d/)
Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

Infinitive
to glide

Third person singular
glides

Simple past
glid

Past participle
glid or glidden

Present participle
gliding

to glide (third-person singular simple present glides, present participle gliding, simple past glid, past participle glid or glidden) (British)

Infinitive
to glide

Third person singular
glides

Simple past
glided or (archaic) glode

Past participle
glided or (archaic) glode

Present participle
gliding

to glide (third-person singular simple present glides, present participle gliding, simple past and past participle glided or (archaic) glode) (US)

(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
(intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft.
(transitive) To cause to glide.

Translations

To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly

Finnish: liitää fi(fi), lipua fi(fi), liukua fi(fi)

Macedonian: лизга mk(mk) (lízga)

To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft

Dutch: zweven nl(nl)
Finnish: liitää fi(fi)

Portuguese: planar pt(pt)

To cause to glide

Finnish: panna liukumaan, liu'uttaa

Macedonian: слизнува mk(mk) (slíznuva)

Synonyms

(to move effortlessly)

coast
slide

Noun

Singular
glide

Plural
glides

glide (plural glides)

The act of gliding.
(linguistics) Semivowel
(fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.

Translations

The act of gliding

Finnish: liitäminen, liito

Macedonian: лизгање mk(mk) (lízganje) n.

Semivowel

(fencing) An attack or preparatory movement

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