Glide Definition
glīd
glided, glides, gliding
verb
glided, glides, gliding
To flow or move smoothly and easily, as in skating.
Webster's New World
To cause to glide.
Webster's New World
To move silently and furtively.
The thief glided across the room.
American Heritage
To occur or pass imperceptibly.
The autumn days glided by.
American Heritage
To fly in a glider.
Webster's New World
noun
glides
The act of gliding; smooth, easy flow or movement.
Webster's New World
A small disk or ball, as of nylon, attached to the underside of furniture legs, etc. to allow easy sliding.
Webster's New World
A slur, portamento, or the like.
Webster's New World
An intermediate sound produced in the transition of the speech organs from the position for one sound to that for another.
Webster's New World
The nonsyllabic vowel in a diphthong.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Glide
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From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleydʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English gliden from Old English glīdan ghel-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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