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Meaning of glide

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  glide
      n 1: a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant [syn:
           {semivowel}, {glide}]
      2: 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" [syn: {slide}, {glide}, {coast}]
      3: the activity of flying a glider [syn: {glide}, {gliding},
         {sailplaning}, {soaring}, {sailing}]
      v 1: move smoothly and effortlessly
      2: fly in or as if in a glider plane
      3: cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly


Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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