From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleydʰ-.
Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida, Finnish liitää.
Meanings
The act of gliding.
With stealthy glide he approached the door of his master's room, listened, cautiously peeped in, then entered. 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
A bird, the glede or kite.
A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
The joining of two sounds without a break.
A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
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palais glide (Derived from noun or verb) · glidant (Derived from noun or verb) · offglide (Derived from noun or verb) · upglide (Derived from noun or verb) · glideless (Derived from noun or verb) · off-glide (Derived from noun or verb) · voice glide (Derived from noun or verb) · glide slope (Derived from noun or verb) · handglide (Derived from noun or verb) · glide pad (Derived from noun or verb) · gliding vowel (Derived from noun or verb) · glide bomb (Derived from noun or verb) · glideslope (Derived from noun or verb) · midglide (Derived from noun or verb) · boostglide (Derived from noun or verb) · glide time (Derived from noun or verb) · outglide (Derived from noun or verb) · glide path (Derived from noun or verb) · hang glide (Derived from noun or verb) · hang-glide (Derived from noun or verb) · on-glide (Derived from noun or verb) · paraglide (Derived from noun or verb) · gliding (Derived from noun or verb) · glideosome (Derived from noun or verb) · onglide (Derived from noun or verb) · glip (Derived from noun or verb) · overglide (Derived from noun or verb) · glide reflection (Derived from noun or verb) · glide ratio (Derived from noun or verb) · glide kip (Derived from noun or verb) · glider (Derived from noun or verb) · hypersonic glide vehicle (Derived from noun or verb) · downglide (Derived from noun or verb)
id luncuran (The act of gliding) · bg гмуркане ((fencing) An attack or preparatory movement) · cs sklouznutí (The act of gliding) · ja 滑空 (The act of gliding) · da glide (The act of gliding) · ro glisare (The act of gliding) · ro glisaj (The act of gliding) · cs skluz (The act of gliding) · es deslizada ((phonology) Non-nuclear sound) · ms geluncuran (The act of gliding) · sk skĺznutie (The act of gliding) · ru плани́рование (The act of gliding) · mk лизгање (The act of gliding) · cs klouzání (The act of gliding) · fi liito (The act of gliding) · es deslizante ((phonology) Non-nuclear sound) · bg плъзгане (The act of gliding) · sk kľzanie (The act of gliding) · ro alunecare (The act of gliding) · fi liitäminen (The act of gliding) · sk sklz (The act of gliding) · ru скольже́ние (The act of gliding)
From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleydʰ-.
Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida, Finnish liitää.
Meanings
(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
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. 2011 January 22, “Man Utd 5 - 0 Birmingham”, in BBC:
The river glideth at his own sweet will: 1807, William Wordsworth, “Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 (Sonnet 14)”, in Poems, in Two Volumes, volume I, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], →OCLC:
The water over which the boats glided was black and smooth, rising into huge foamless billows, the more terrible because they were silent. 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Chapter VI:
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. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 137:
(intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
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. 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 8:
mi whātino (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · es deslizarse ((phonology) To become a glide; to become non-syllabic/non-nuclear) · es planear (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · fi lipua (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · mi rōnaki (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · ca planar (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · mk слизнува (To cause to glide) · mi naki (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · it librarsi (in aria) (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · mi rereangi (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · sv glida (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · it planare (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · cmn 滑动 (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · bg нося се леко (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · de gleiten (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · eo gliti (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · sk kĺzať (To cause to glide) · he דָּאָה (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · sk kĺzať (sa) (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · la lābor (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · cmn 滑行 (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · qu awankay (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · vi lướt (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · az süzmək (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · ja 滑空する (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · mk лизга (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · nl glijden (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · vi liệng (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · fi liitää (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · ca lliscar (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · hy սահել (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · mi tauihi (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · fr glisser (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · it muoversi con fluidità (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · pt planar (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · fr planer (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · ro glisa (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · fi liu’uttaa (To cause to glide) · th ร่อน (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · fi liukua (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · mi wani (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · sv glidflyga (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · cmn 滑翔 (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · mi tuanaki (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · tr süzülmek (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · it scivolare (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · vi lượn (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · de gleiten lassen (To cause to glide) · ang glidan (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · gl planar (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · bg планирам (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · fi liitää (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · it scorrere (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · nl zweven (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · da glide (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · cs klouzat se (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · cs klouzat (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · bg плъзгам се (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · ru скользи́ть (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · de gleiten (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · ru плани́ровать (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · sk plachtiť (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · pt deslizar (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · ro aluneca (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · enm gliden (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly) · da svæve (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · sa ध्रजति (To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft) · it slittare (To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly)