glide
pronunciation
How to pronounce glide in British English:
UK [ɡlaɪd]
How to pronounce glide in American English:
US [ɡlaɪd]
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- Noun:
- a vowel-like sound that serves as a consonant
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
- the activity of flying a glider
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- Verb:
- move smoothly and effortlessly
- fly in or as if in a glider plane
- cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
Word Origin
- glide (v.)
- Old English glidan "move along smoothly and easily; glide away, vanish; slip, slide" (class I strong verb, past tense glad, past participle gliden), from Proto-Germanic *glidon "to glide" (cognates: Old Saxon glidan, Old Frisian glida, Old High German glitan, German gleiten), probably part of the large group of Germanic words in gl- involving notions of "smooth; shining; joyful" (see glad (adj.)). Related: Glided; gliding. Strong past tense form glid persisted into 20c.
- glide (n.)
- 1580s, from glide (v.). From 1835 as a term in music; from 1889 as a step in dancing or a type of dance.
Example
- 1. The researchers found some snakes could glide for 24 metres .
- 2. And the higher the ratio , the farther the aircraft will glide .
- 3. The latest trick is to glide them .
- 4. That sounds about right : most wing-suit jumpers record a similar glide ratio , as the forward distance gained for every one-metre drop is known .
- 5. Even if he disabled the engine , he calculated , hijackers could still glide to their intended destination .