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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) semivowel, glide
a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

2. (noun) slide, glide, coast
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"

3. (verb) glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing
the activity of flying a glider

4. (verb) glide
move smoothly and effortlessly

5. (verb) glide
fly in or as if in a glider plane

6. (verb) glide
cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) glide
the glede or kite

2. (noun) glide
the act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction

3. (noun) glide
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)

4. (verb) glide
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

5. (verb) glide
to pass with a glide, as the voice

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