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- Dictionaryglide/ɡlīd/
verb
- 1. move with a smooth continuous motion, typically with little noise: "a few gondolas glided past" Similar Opposite
- 2. make an unpowered flight, either in a glider or in an aircraft with engine failure: "students learning to glide"
noun
- 1. a smooth continuous movement: "the cuckoo makes its approach in a hawklike glide"
- 2. a sound produced as the vocal organs move toward or away from articulation of a vowel or consonant, for example /j/ in mute /mjut/.
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The meaning of GLIDE is to move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly. How to use glide in a sentence.
GLIDE definition: 1. to move easily without stopping and without effort or noise: 2. to move or progress without…. Learn more.
To glide is to sail or skate with ease across a surface. Your favorite thing about winter might be watching the skaters in the park glide silently on the ice-covered lake.
Glide definition: to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.. See examples of GLIDE used in a sentence.
1. to move or cause to move easily without jerks or hesitations: to glide in a boat down the river. 2. ( intr) to pass slowly or without perceptible change: to glide into sleep.
1. verb. If you glide somewhere, you move silently and in a smooth and effortless way. Waiters glide between tightly packed tables bearing trays of pasta. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: slip, sail, slide, ghost More Synonyms of glide. 2. verb. When birds or aeroplanes glide, they float on air currents.
GLIDE meaning: 1. to move easily without stopping and without effort or noise: 2. to move or progress without…. Learn more.
glide meaning, definition, what is glide: to move smoothly and quietly, as if with...: Learn more.
Definition of glide verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to move somewhere smoothly and quietly: The train slowly glided out of the station. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence. (Definition of glide from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of glide.
