- semivowel, glide - a vowel-like sound that serves as a consonant
--1 is a kind of phone, speech sound, sound
--1 has particulars: palatal - slide, glide, coast - 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"
--2 is a kind of motion, movement, move
--2 has particulars: skid, slip, sideslipDerived forms: verb glide3, verb glide1 - glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing - the activity of flying a glider
--3 is a kind of flight, flying
--3 has particulars: hang gliding; parasailingDerived form: verb glide2
- glide - move smoothly and effortlessly
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun glide2, noun glider1
The cars glide down the avenue
- glide - fly in or as if in a glider plane
--2 is one way to fly, aviate, pilot
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun glide3, noun glider1, noun gliding1
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- glide - cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
--3 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun glide2
They glide the car down the avenue