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Glide

/ɡlˈaɪd/
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(verb) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.

A bird can glide through the air without moving its wings.
Tom watched the skaters glide across the ice.
CEFR Practice Quiz
I watched the eagle ____ effortlessly above the canyon, riding the rising currents of warm morning air.

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