| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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