Glide

n.	1.	(Zool.) The glede or kite.
v. i.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Glided; p. pr. & vb. n. Gliding.]
	1.	To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice. The river glideth at his own sweet will. - Wordsworth.
	2.	(Phon.) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
	3.	(Aëronautics) To move through the air by virtue of gravity or momentum; to volplane.
n.	1.	The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction. They prey at last ensnared, he dreadful darts, With rapid glide, along the leaning line. - Thomson. Seeing Orlando, it unlink'd itself, And with indented glides did slip away. - Shak.
	2.	(Phon.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element) or the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal vowels, or the brief final or initial part of some consonants (see Guide to Pronunciation, 18, 97, 191).
	3.	(Aëronautics) Movement of a glider, aëroplane, etc., through the air under gravity or its own movement.

Noun	1.	glide - a vowel-like sound that serves as a consonant Synonyms: semivowel
	2.	glide - 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"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" Synonyms: coast, slide
	3.	glide - the activity of flying a glider Synonyms: gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing
Verb	1.	glide - move smoothly and effortlessly
	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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