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glide
noun
1 glide
A vowellike sound that serves as a consonant.
synonym: semivowel.
Dutch: halfvocaal, halfklinker
Polish: sonant, półsamogłoska, spółgłoska sonorna, spółgłoska zwarto-otwarta, spółgłoska półotwarta
2 glide
The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it.
synonyms: coast, slide.
3 glide
verb
1 glide
Move smoothly and effortlessly.
Roget 109:
elapse,
lapse,
flow,
run,
proceed,
advance,
pass;
roll on,
wear on,
press on;
flit,
fly,
slip,
slide,
glide;
run its course.
run out,
expire;
go by,
pass by;
be past
etc.
122.
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Roget 264:
be in motion
etc.
adj.;
move,
go,
hie,
gang,
budge,
stir,
pass,
flit;
hover about,
hover round,
hover about;
shift,
slide,
glide;
roll,
roll on;
flow,
stream,
run,
drift,
sweep along;
wander
etc.
(deviate)
279;
walk
etc.
266;
change one's place,
shift one's place,
change one's quarters,
shift one's quarters;
dodge;
keep going,
keep moving;
put in motion,
set in motion;
move;
impel
etc.
276;
propel
etc.
284;
render movable,
mobilize.
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Roget 266:
travel,
journey,
course;
take a journey,
go a journey;
take a walk,
go out for walk
etc.
n.;
have a run;
take the air.
flit,
take wing;
migrate,
emigrate;
trek;
rove,
prowl,
roam,
range,
patrol,
pace up and down,
traverse;
scour the country,
traverse the country;
peragrate†;
circumambulate,
perambulate;
nomadize†,
wander,
ramble,
stroll,
saunter,
hover,
go one's rounds,
straggle;
gad,
gad about;
expatiate.
walk,
march,
step,
tread,
pace,
plod,
wend,
go by shank's mare;
promenade;
trudge,
tramp;
stalk,
stride,
straddle,
strut,
foot it,
hoof it,
stump,
bundle,
bowl along,
toddle;
paddle;
tread a path.
take horse,
ride,
drive,
trot,
amble,
canter,
prance,
fisk†,
frisk,
caracoler†,
caracole;
gallop
etc.
(move quickly)
274.
[start riding]
embark,
board,
set out,
hit the road,
get going,
get underway.
peg on,
jog on,
wag on,
shuffle on;
stir one's stumps;
bend one's steps,
bend one's course;
make one's way,
find one's way,
wend one's way,
pick one's way,
pick one's way,
thread one's way,
plow one's way;
slide,
glide,
coast,
skim,
skate;
march in procession,
file on,
defile.
go to,
repair to,
resort to,
hie to,
betake oneself to.
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Roget 267:
sail;
put to sea
etc.
(depart)
293;
take ship,
get under way;
set sail,
spread sail,
spread canvas;
gather way,
have way on;
make sail,
carry sail;
plow the waves,
plow the deep,
plow the main,
plow the ocean;
walk the waters.
navigate,
warp,
luff†,
scud,
boom,
kedge;
drift,
course,
cruise,
coast;
hug the shore,
hug the land;
circumnavigate.
ply the oar,
row,
paddle,
pull,
scull,
punt,
steam.
swim,
float;
buffet the waves,
ride the storm,
skim,
effleurer [Fr.],
dive,
wade.
fly,
be wafted,
hover,
soar,
flutter,
jet,
orbit,
rocket;
take wing,
take a flight,
take off,
ascend,
blast off,
land,
alight;
wing one's flight,
wing one's way;
aviate;
parachute,
jump,
glide.
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Dutch: zweven
2 glide
Fly in or as if in a glider plane.
3 glide
Cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly.
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