glide  /glaɪd/

noun

1. a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

synset: semivowel, glide

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"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"

synset: slide, glide, coast

3. the activity of flying a glider

synset: glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing

verb

1. move smoothly and effortlessly

synset: glide

2. fly in or as if in a glider plane

synset: glide

3. cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly

synset: glide

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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