glide Definition

glide
verb, intr glided, gliding

1. To move smoothly and often without any visible effort.

Example: glide along the ice
Thesaurus: skim, slide, drift, coast, float, slip, fly, skate, sail, glissade.
2. Said of a bird: to travel through the air without beating its wings.
3. Said of an aircraft: to travel through the air or to land without engine power.
4. To travel through the air by glider.
5. To pass gradually.

Example: glide into sleep

noun

1. A gliding movement.
2. The controlled descent of an aircraft without engine power.
3a. In ballroom dancing: a smooth sliding step;
3b. In ballroom dancing: a dance containing such steps.
4. music.
Movement from one note to another with no break in sound; portamento.
5. phonetics.
A sound produced at the transition from one speech sound to the next.

Derivative: gliding
adj

Derivative: glidingly
adverb

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon glidan to slip.