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- Dictionaryglide/ɡlʌɪd/
verb
- 1. move with a smooth, quiet continuous motion: "a few gondolas glided past" Similar Opposite
- 2. make an unpowered flight, either in a glider or in an aircraft with engine failure: "students learning to glide"
noun
- 1. a gliding movement: "the cuckoo makes its approach in a hawklike glide"
- 2. a sound produced as the vocal organs move towards or away from articulation of a vowel or consonant, for example /j/ in duke /djuːk/.
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to move easily without stopping and without effort or noise: She came gliding gracefully into the ballroom in a long, flowing gown. I love my new pen - it just glides across /over the paper. [ I usually + adv/prep ] to move or progress without difficulty or effort: Some people glide effortlessly through life with no real worries.
The meaning of GLIDE is to move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly. How to use glide in a sentence.
To glide is to move smoothly along without effort, as in Ana loved the feeling of just gliding along the ice in her new ice skates. Glide means to move along water or air with little to no effort, as a boat might do in the water.
to move easily without stopping and without effort or noise: She came gliding gracefully into the ballroom in a long, flowing gown. I love my new pen - it just glides across /over the paper. [ I usually + adv/prep ] to move or progress without difficulty or effort: Some people glide effortlessly through life with no real worries.
1. verb. If you glide somewhere, you move silently and in a smooth and effortless way. Waiters glide between tightly packed tables bearing trays of pasta. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: slip, sail, slide, ghost More Synonyms of glide. 2. verb. When birds or aeroplanes glide, they float on air currents.
To glide is to sail or skate with ease across a surface. Your favorite thing about winter might be watching the skaters in the park glide silently on the ice-covered lake.
v.tr. 1. To cause to move or pass smoothly, silently, or imperceptibly: glided the key into the lock. 2. To operate or fly (an aircraft) without propulsion from wings or an engine: She glided the paraglider over the trees. n. 1. The act of gliding. 2. Music A slur. 3. Linguistics. a.
glide meaning, definition, what is glide: to move smoothly and quietly, as if with...: Learn more.
to move somewhere smoothly and quietly: The train slowly glided out of the station. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence. (Definition of glide from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of glide.
Noun. Filter. verb. glided, glides, gliding. To flow or move smoothly and easily, as in skating. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To cause to glide. Webster's New World. To move silently and furtively. The thief glided across the room. American Heritage. To occur or pass imperceptibly. The autumn days glided by. American Heritage.
