gliding 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.

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glider
noun

1. A fixed-wing aircraft that is designed to glide and soar in air currents without using any form of engine power.
2. Any of various small Australian marsupials that are capable of gliding through the air for long distances by extending a membrane of skin attached to the sides of the body.
3. A curtain runner.

Derivative: gliding
noun

The sport of flying in a glider. See also under glide.