'Glide' definitions:

Definition of 'glide'

(from WordNet)
noun
A vowellike sound that serves as a consonant [syn: semivowel, glide]
noun
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]
noun
The activity of flying a glider [syn: glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing]
verb
Move smoothly and effortlessly
verb
Fly in or as if in a glider plane
verb
Cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly

Definition of 'Glide'

From: GCIDE
  • Glide \Glide\, n. (Zool.) The glede or kite. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Glide'

From: GCIDE
  • Glide \Glide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glided; p. pr. & vb. n. Gliding.] [AS. gl[imac]dan; akin to D. glijden, OHG. gl[imac]tan, G. gleiten, Sw. glida, Dan. glide, and prob. to E. glad.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The river glideth at his own sweet will. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Phon.) To pass with a glide, as the voice. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (A["e]ronautics) To move through the air by virtue of gravity or momentum; to volplane. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Glide'

From: GCIDE
  • Glide \Glide\, n.
  • 1. The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction. [1913 Webster]
  • They prey at last ensnared, he dreadful darts, With rapid glide, along the leaning line. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
  • Seeing Orlando, it unlink'd itself, And with indented glides did slip away. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Phon.) 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, [sect][sect] 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element) or the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal vowels, or the brief final or initial part of some consonants (see Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 18,
  • 97, 191). [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The on-glide of a vowel or consonant is the glidemade in passing to it, the off-glide, one made in passing from it. Glides of the other sort are distinguished as initial or final, or fore-glides and after-glides. For voice-glide, see Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]
  • 17, 95. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (A["e]ronautics) Movement of a glider, a["e]roplane, etc., through the air under gravity or its own movement. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'glide'

From: GCIDE
  • Glede \Glede\ (gl[=e]d), n. [AS. glida, akin to Icel. gle[eth]a, Sw. glada. Cf. Glide, v. i.] (Zool.) The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard. [Written also glead, gled, gleed, glade, and glide.] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'glide'

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Glide, OR -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oregon

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Glide, OR -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oregon
Population (2000) :
1690
Housing Units (2000) :
675
Land area (2000) :
10.100760 sq. miles (26.160847 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.062185 sq. miles (0.161058 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
10.162945 sq. miles (26.321905 sq. km)
FIPS code :
29750
Located within :
Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location :
43.319078 N, 123.066926 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
97443
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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