Glide

What do we mean by glide?

To move in a smooth, effortless manner: synonym: slide. intransitive verb

To move silently and furtively. intransitive verb

To occur or pass imperceptibly. intransitive verb

To fly without propulsion from wings or an engine. intransitive verb

To blend one tone into the next; slur. intransitive verb

To articulate a glide in speech. intransitive verb

To cause to move or pass smoothly, silently, or imperceptibly. intransitive verb

The act of gliding. noun

A slur. noun

The transitional sound produced by passing from the articulatory position of one speech sound to that of another. noun

To move smoothly and without discontinuity or jar; pass or slip along without apparent effort; sweep along with a smooth, easy, rapid motion, as a stream in its channel, a bird through the air, or a ship through the water.

Specifically In music, to pass from tone to tone without break; slur.

In cricket, to glance; allow the ball to meet the bat and be deflected from it, usually to the leg side.

A gliding movement; the act of moving smoothly and evenly. noun

In music and pronunciation, the joining of two successive sounds without a break; a transition-sound involuntarily produced between two principal sounds; a slur. noun

In dancing, a peculiar waltz-step performed in a smooth and sliding manner. noun

In phonetics, a fleeting sound produced in passing from one position of the organs of speech to another, as in pronouncing the sound-combination ki in the word ‘kind’ designated the off-glide of the first letter and the on-glideof the second . noun

In cricket, a glance; a stroke by which, instead of being hit, the ball is allowed to strike the bat and to be deflected from it, usually to the leg side. noun

The act of gliding.

A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.

An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.

A bird, the glede or kite.

A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor.

The joining of two sounds without a break.

A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.

Words that are spelled similarly to glide:
glide, slide, guide, elide, glade, gide, gride, glime, glede, gnide, glode, glike, lide, glite, glid, alide, ylide, glyde, glise, clide, geide.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word glide:
ils, gliding, airspeed, electra, coda, slope, vowel, glider, kip, skis, reflection, ratio, consonant, reflections, symmetry, syllable, api, squirrels, consonants, voodoo, sink, smoothly, bomb, wax, diagonal, vanguard, plane, path, angle, landing, runway, altitude, ultra, fritz, currents, angles, flight, hang, motorcycle, fuselage, dive, planes, speed, flown, bombing, climb, longer, lift, parachute, fly, slide, wings, precision, safely, powered, gear, flying, translation, rider, tail, missile, rocket, variants, guidance, aircraft, methodist, nest, discontinued, prey, tree, pilot, vector, step, wing, axis, weapon, custom, descent, graphics, lights, tests, navigation, minimum, tone, controls, vehicle, target, drop, designed, ski, diamond, memorial, legs, technique, engine, vertical, distance, feet, slow, skin.

Words that rhyme with glide:
backslide, abide, side, provide, hide, ride, stride, slide, aside, pride, tide, guide, override, chide, reside, coincide, decide, fide, eyed, snide, divide, deride, wide, genocide, alongside, apartheid, inside, subside, oxide, bonafide, outside, ide, bona fide, vide, beside, homicide, bromide, bride, suicide, worldwide, confide, satisfied, qualified, certified, mortified, bide, collide, landslide, broadside, preside, backside, downside, upside, dignified, pied, tied, petrified, implied, lied, applied, tried, decried, justified, classified, dioxide, preoccupied, unified, allied, blindside, cyanide, yuletide, pesticide, amplified, modified, belied, fratricide, astride, peroxide, countryside, cockeyed, diversified, betide, pried, denied, occupied, seaside, curbside, ratified, hyde, dried, wayside, shied, complied, fortified, terrified, multiplied, side by side, defied, stratified, plied.

Adjectives that are often used to describe glide:
long, easy, off, smooth, palatal, slow, lateral, posterior, downward, normal, steep, final, gentle, inferior, medial, anterior, graceful, steady, shallow, forward, straight, swift, current, single, front, short, upward, silent, superior, dorsal, basal, anteroposterior, labial, flat, initial, effortless, hydra, down, continuous, joint, like, spiral, duo, viscous, rapid, quick, multiple, soft, hang, slight, velar, following, pure, back, controlled, flattest, prone, prismatic, backward, double, diphthongal, diagonal, quiet, light, foot, longest, stealthy, plastic, maximum, vagrant, wavy, nasal, nimble, ghostly, caudal, patellar, epenthetic, excessive.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective glide:
slope, planes, plane, path, formation, reflection, streams, polka, insertion, angle, deletion, fork, flight, position, vehicle, models, bomb, bombing, ratio, publications, dislocations, motion, systems, reflections, mechanism, sequences, forks, form, region, consonants, combinations, sequence, lines, mirror, vehicles, differentiation, contrast, twinning, foot, mechanisms, creep, concept, technique, tightness, out, type, vocalization, trajectory, control, hands, movement, landing, movements, elements, dance, bomber, weakening, second, strain, vowels, kip, operation, parallel, speed, floods, indication, mode, axes, direction, principle, rule, clusters, right, frame, fig, softening, elisions, plate, hop, orientations, bombs, church, techniques, windshield, stresses, distance, cracks, mortals, landslide, regime, vowel.

Consonant match to glide:
glad, glade, glede, glued, glode, glead, glowed, gleed, glod, glaad, gloyd, gladd, glaude, gloede.

Words that sound like glide:
glide, glied, glad, glade, glued, glowed, glod, glode, glid, gladd, gleed, gled, gloyd, glede, glaad, glead, glud, clyde, kleid, guide, gloat, glider, glides, glut, glute, gld, glot, glit, gleet, glatt, glout, glat, guyed, cloud, clad, clod, clawed, claude, allied, claud, clud, clued, clade, elide, cloyd, cloyed, clid, clite, alide, clayed, klad, clewed, glee, gland, glazed, ged, gleamed, glared, glades, gad, glo, gid, gloved, gade, gleaned, gloe, gla, glew, gladder, gilead, gelid, glady, glaive, gawd, glader, glads, gaud, glia, gloomed, gadd, gli, glay, gite, gley, glammed, glaw, geit, glaa, globed, gaid, gaede, glah, glande, gaed, glidder, glommed, glaired, gaude, gedd, glad eye.