glide
/ˈɡlaɪd/noun, verb1 syllable
Glide means: the activity of flying a glider.
Synonyms for glide8
noun, as in the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
noun, as in a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
semivowel
What does glide mean?6
noun
1
the activity of flying a glider
2
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it“his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill”
3
a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
verb
1
move smoothly and effortlessly
2
fly in or as if in a glider plane
3
cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with glide?48
three syllables
Show 40 near rhymes
Glide in a sentence
- A bird can glide through the air without moving its wings.CM
- Anna observed the dragonfly gracefully glide through the air.Amastan
- Ziri watched the birds glide through the air.always
- The clouds drift round, and they glide by, surrounded by light and the blue sky.sundown
- Barges filled with tourists glide around hairpin bends, past cobblestone walkways and beneath arched stone bridges.Cangarejo
- Ice skaters gracefully glide over the ice.DJ_Saidez
- They smeared the sides of their shields with oil so that the arrows would glide away quicker.rul
- Tom watched the skaters glide across the ice.Hybrid
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of glide
as a noun
- plural
- glides
as a verb
- past tense
- glided
- present participle
- gliding
- third-person singular
- glides
- past participle
- glided