Definition of glide

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Glide (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)

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Slip :: Slip (n.) To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide..
Gliden :: Gliden () p. p. of Glide.
Float :: Float (n.) To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air..
Skim :: Skim (v. t.) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
Elapse :: Elapse (v. i.) To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time..
Sail :: Sail (v. t.) To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly..
Glide :: Glide (v. i.) To pass with a glide, as the voice..
Skim :: Skim (v. i.) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface..
Glode :: Glode () imp. of Glide.
Glider :: Glider (n.) One who, or that which, glides..
Glide :: Glide (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..
Overglide :: Overglide (v. t.) To glide over.
Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into.
Sail :: Sail (n.) To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird..
Coulisse :: Coulisse (n.) A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.
Glided :: Glided (imp. & p. p.) of Glid.
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..
Slide :: Slide (v. t.) To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side..
Glidden :: Glidden () p. p. of Glide.
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