Meaning

(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
2. (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
3. (transitive) To cause to glide.
4. (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
5. The act of gliding.
6. (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
7. (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
8. A bird, the glede or kite.

Example Sentences

The river glideth at his own sweet will:

It is odd how easily the common-places of morality or of sentiment glide off in conversation. Well, they are "exceedingly helpful," and so Lord Avonleigh found them.

The water over which the boats glided was black and smooth, rising into huge foamless billows, the more terrible because they were silent.

But it was 37-year-old Giggs who looked like a care-free teenager as he glided across the pitch he knows so well to breathtaking effect.

The tide was out, and we drew up amid the strong bracing smell of seaweed, with gulls screeching, wheeling around, and gliding on the wind.

With stealthy glide he approached the door of his master's room, listened, cautiously peeped in, then entered.

Word Forms

• glides
• gliding
• glided
• glid
• glode
• glidden

Synonyms for glide

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When Should You Use Glide?

Use glide when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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