ALL meanings of glide
glide
G g - noun glide (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly. 1
- verb without object glide to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater. 1
- verb without object glide to pass by gradual or unobservable change (often followed by along, away, by, etc.). 1
- verb without object glide to move quietly or stealthily or without being noticed (usually followed by in, out, along, etc.). 1
- verb without object glide Aeronautics. to move in the air, especially at an easy angle downward, with less engine power than for level flight, solely by the action of air currents and gravity, or by momentum already acquired. to fly in a glider. 1
- verb without object glide Music. to pass from one note to another without a break. 1
- verb with object glide to cause to glide. 1
- noun glide a gliding movement, as in dancing. 1
- noun glide a dance marked by such movements. 1
- noun glide Music. slur (def 10a). 1
- noun glide Phonetics. a speech sound having the characteristics of both a consonant and a vowel, especially w in wore and y in your, and, in some analyses, r in road and l in load; semivowel. a transitional sound heard during the articulation linking two phonemically contiguous sounds, as the y- sound often heard between the i and e of quiet. 1
- noun glide a calm stretch of shallow, smoothly flowing water, as in a river. 1
- noun glide an act or instance of gliding. 1
- noun glide Metallurgy. slip1 (def 49). 1
- noun glide a smooth metal plate, as on the bottom of the feet of a chair or table, to facilitate moving and to prevent scarring of floor surfaces. 1
- noun glide a metal track in which a drawer, shelf, etc., moves in or out. 1
- intransitive verb glide bird: float on wind 1
- intransitive verb glide fly without power 1
- intransitive verb glide slide 1
- intransitive verb glide move without effort 1
- intransitive verb glide fly a glider 1
- noun glide slide, smooth movement 1
- noun glide phonetics: transitional sound 1
- noun glide music: slur 1
- intransitive verb glide change gradually 1
- intransitive verb glide land without engines 1
- verb glide If you glide somewhere, you move silently and in a smooth and effortless way. 0
- verb glide When birds or aeroplanes glide, they float on air currents. 0
- verb glide to move or cause to move easily without jerks or hesitations 0
- verb glide to pass slowly or without perceptible change 0
- verb glide to cause (an aircraft) to come into land without engine power, or (of an aircraft) to land in this way 0
- verb glide to fly a glider 0
- verb glide to execute a portamento from one note to another 0
- verb glide to produce a glide 0
- noun glide a smooth easy movement 0
- noun glide any of various dances featuring gliding steps 0
- noun glide a step in such a dance 0
- noun glide a manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes a gentle descent without engine power 0
- noun glide the act or process of gliding 0
- noun glide a long portion of tubing slipped in and out of a trombone to increase its length for the production of lower harmonic series 0
- noun glide a portamento or slur 0
- noun glide a transitional sound as the speech organs pass from the articulatory position of one speech sound to that of the next, as the (w) sound in some pronunciations of the word doing 0
- intransitive verb glide to flow or move smoothly and easily, as in skating 0
- intransitive verb glide to move by or pass gradually and almost unnoticed, as time 0
- intransitive verb glide to fly in a glider 0
- intransitive verb glide to descend with little or no engine power, using airflow to control lift 0
- intransitive verb glide to make a glide 0
- verb transitive glide to cause to glide 0
- noun glide the act of gliding; smooth, easy flow or movement 0
- noun glide a small disk or ball, as of nylon, attached to the underside of furniture legs, etc. to allow easy sliding 0