glide
verb
uk/ɡlaɪd/us/ɡlaɪd/glideverb(MOVE)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
tomoveeasilywithoutstoppingand withouteffortornoise:
滑行,滑动She came glidinggracefullyinto theballroomin along,flowinggown.她身着一袭飘逸的礼服,优雅轻盈地快步走进舞厅。
Ilovemy newpen- it just glidesacross/over thepaper.我很喜欢我的新钢笔——书写流畅极了。
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
tomoveorprogresswithoutdifficultyoreffort:
轻松行进;毫不费力地取得进展Somepeopleglideeffortlesslythroughlifewith norealworries.有些人一生过得轻松自在,无忧无虑。
Advancing and moving forward
- advance
 - advancing
 - beeline
 - come
 - come over
 - come up
 - cruise
 - gain
 - gain onsomeone/something
 - ghost
 - head
 - make
 - make forsomewhere/something
 - make towardssomething/someone
 - proceed
 - progress
 - pull
 - push
 - run
 - slide
 
glideverb(FLY)
[I]
toflybyfloatingonaircurrentsinsteadof usingpowerfromwingsor anengine:
滑行,滑翔Wesawacondorgliding high above themountains.我们看到一只秃鹫在群山上空翱翔。
Unlike otherspacecraft, theshuttlecan glide backthroughtheatmosphere,landsafely, and bereused.与其他飞行器不同,这种航天飞机可以滑翔穿越大气层返回、安全降落并可以重复使用。
Air sports
- base jumper
 - base jumping
 - gliding
 - hang-gliding
 - parachute
 - paraglider
 - paragliding
 - paramotor
 - paramotoring
 - parapente
 - parascending
 - powered paraglider
 - powered paragliding
 - PPG
 - skydiver
 - skydiving
 - slow roll
 - wingsuiting
 
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Movement through the air
Air travel: aviation
glide
noun[C]
glidenoun[C](MOVEMENT)
along,easy,smoothmovementacrossasurfacethat makes nonoise:
Everydancerwantsthegloriousglide of a Fred Astaire or a Ginger Rogers.
- She didn'texactlywalk- it was more of a glide.
 - Hisgaitis a glide, asmoothforwardmotion.
 
Advancing and moving forward
- advance
 - advancing
 - beeline
 - come
 - come over
 - come up
 - cruise
 - gain
 - gain onsomeone/something
 - ghost
 - head
 - make
 - make forsomewhere/something
 - make towardssomething/someone
 - proceed
 - progress
 - pull
 - push
 - run
 - slide
 
glidenoun[C](FLIGHT)
theactionoffloatingonaircurrents,ratherthan usingpowerfromwingsor anengine:
Hereachedthe canyon'sedgeand went into his glide.
- It was more of a glide than aflight.
 - As a glideended, thepilotwassupposedtolowerhimself to averticalpositionandlandon hisfeet.
 
Movement through the air
- airborne
 - buoyantly
 - buzz
 - flight
 - flit
 - float
 - fly
 - hover
 - levitate
 - levitation
 - loop
 - mid-air
 - non-flying
 - soar
 - somersault
 - swishy
 - swoop
 - track
 - waft
 - wing
 
glidenoun[C](SOUND)
phoneticsspecialized
asoundthat issimilarto avowelbutmarksthestartof asyllable:
InEnglish, thesound/j/ in "yes" or "due" is a glide.
- There is someevidencefortreating[v] as a glide in ModernHebrew.
 - Lenited (phonemically) nonpalatalizedvoicedbilabialstopsarerealizedas a glide [w] inNorthernIrishand as africative[v] inSouthernIrish.
 - What is thedifferencebetween a glide and adiphthong?
 
Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alliterative
 - alveolar
 - apheresis
 - aphesis
 - aphetic
 - aspirate
 - assonance
 - guttural
 - homonym
 - laterally
 - lax
 - lenis
 - macron
 - misemphasis
 - phonology
 - segmental
 - semivowel
 - sibilance
 - sibilant
 - speech pathology