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Definition & Synonyms
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• Glided
- (imp. & p. p.) of Glide
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• Glide
- (n.) The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction.
- (v. i.) 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.
- (n.) 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).
- (n.) The glede or kite.
- (v. i.) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
- (v. i.) To move through the air by virtue of gravity or momentum; to volplane.
- (n.) Movement of a glider, aeroplane, etc., through the air under gravity or its own movement.
Synonyms:
Gliding, Sailing, Semivowel, Slide, Soaring,
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