glide

CEFRB1

/ˈɡlaɪd/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To move smoothly and quietly, often without effort.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To cause to glide.

Examples

  • A bird can glide through the air without moving its wings.

  • Tom watched the skaters glide across the ice.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.

  2. To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.

  3. To pass with a glide, as the voice.

More examples

In context

  • The river glideth at his own sweet will:

  • It is odd how easily the common-places of morality or of sentiment glide off in conversation. Well, they are "exceedingly helpful," and so Lord Avonleigh found them.

  • With stealthy glide he approached the door of his master's room, listened, cautiously peeped in, then entered.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleydʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida, Finnish liitää.