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Synonyms for glide

Grammar : Verb
Spell : glahyd
Phonetic Transcription : glaɪd

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Définition of glide

Origin :
  • Old English glidan "move along smoothly and easily, glide, slip, slide" (class I strong verb, past tense glad, past participle gliden), from West Germanic *glidan "to glide" (cf. Old Saxon glidan, Old Frisian glida, German gleiten). Related: Glided; gliding. Strong past tense form glid persisted into 20c. The noun is attested 1580s, from the verb.
  • verb move smoothly and quickly on a surface
Example sentences :
  • The novice should not attempt a glide unless the conditions are just right.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • Then he seemed to glide off in the direction of the setting sun.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Ghostlike we glide through nature, and should not know our place again.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Swiftly she came down to us, seeming almost to glide over the ground.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • He had but fifty yards to go, and started to glide stealthily from tuft to tuft.
  • Extract from : « "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" » by Douglas English
  • They seemed to glide over the floor without effort of any sort.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Pursuit » by Burt L. Standish
  • And then a shadow seemed to glide forward from the corner half behind him.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Brood » by Duffield Osborne
  • Why, surely it is the glide step you were telling us about, Mrs. Davies.
  • Extract from : « Under Fire » by Charles King
  • Some dark night it might be possible to seize her, place her in his canoe and glide down the river.
  • Extract from : « Hawk Eye » by David Cory
  • Tall, slender and white as a pearl, she seemed to glide rather than to walk.
  • Extract from : « The Blue Bird for Children » by Georgette Leblanc

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