'Gliding' definitions:

Definition of 'gliding'

noun

The activity of flying a glider [syn: glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing]

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.]