VERB | motion | glide | move smoothly and effortlessly |
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motion | glide | fly in or as if in a glider plane | |
motion | glide | cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly | |
NOUN | communication | glide, semivowel | a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant |
act | glide, slide, coast | the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it | |
act | glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing | the activity of flying a glider |
Sounds | glay'd | |
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Rhymes | abide ... Yuletide: 172 rhymes with ayd... |
Meaning | A vowellike sound that serves as a consonant. | |
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Synonym | semivowel | |
Narrower | palatal | A semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word 'yeast / yeast') |
Broader | phone, speech sound, sound | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language |
Spanish | glide, semiconsonante, semivocal | |
Catalan | glide, semivocal |
Meaning | The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it. | |
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Synonyms | slide, coast | |
Narrower | skid, slip, sideslip | An unexpected slide |
snowboarding | The act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard | |
Broader | motion, movement, move | The act of changing location from one place to another |
Spanish | deslizamiento, desliz, slide | |
Catalan | lliscada, lliscament | |
Verbs | glide | move smoothly and effortlessly |
glide | cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly |
Meaning | The activity of flying a glider. | |
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Synonyms | gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing | |
Narrower | hang gliding | gliding in a hang glider |
parasailing, paragliding | gliding in a parasail | |
Broader | flight, flying | An instance of traveling by air |
Spanish | planeo | |
Catalan | planeig | |
Verbs | glide | fly in or as if in a glider plane |
Meaning | Move smoothly and effortlessly. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | The cars glide down the avenue | |
Entailed by | hydroplane, seaplane | glide on the water in a hydroplane |
Narrower | body-surf | ride the crest of a wave without a surfboard |
coast | Move effortlessly | |
plane, skim | Travel on the surface of water | |
skate | Move along on skates | |
skid, slip, slue, slew, slide | Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | |
skitter | glide easily along a surface | |
snake | Move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake | |
snowboard | glide down a snow-covered slope while standing on a board | |
surfboard, surf | ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard | |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
See also | glide by | pass by |
Spanish | deslizarse, deslizar, planear | |
Catalan | lliscar, planar | |
Nouns | glide | the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it |
glider | aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces |
Meaning | fly in or as if in a glider plane. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Category | air travel, aviation, air | travel via aircraft |
Entailed by | chute, parachute, jump | Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute |
hang glide, soar | fly by means of a hang glider | |
Narrower | kite | soar or fly like a kite |
sailplane, soar | fly a plane without an engine | |
Broader | fly, aviate, pilot | Operate an airplane |
Spanish | planear | |
Nouns | glide, gliding | the activity of flying a glider |
glider | aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces |
Meaning | Cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Model | They glide the car down the avenue | |
Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
Nouns | glide | the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it |
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