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glide

Nouns

• (n) a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant semivowel,
• (n) 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
  coast, slide,
• (n) the activity of flying a glider gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing,

Verbs

• (v) move smoothly and effortlessly
• (v) fly in or as if in a glider plane
• (v) cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly

Synonyms

semivowel coast slide gliding sailplaning soaring sailing

See also

elapse glide by go by slide by slip by slip away go along pass lapse

Words of close approximity