glide

glide [glīd]

vi.

glided, gliding [ME gliden < OE glidan, akin to Ger gleiten, prob. < IE * ghlei-dh (< base * ĝhel-, to shine > GLASS, GLOW)]

1. to flow or move smoothly and easily, as in skating

2. to move by or pass gradually and almost unnoticed, as time

3. Aeron.

a) to fly in a glider

b) to descend with little or no engine power, using airflow to control lift

4. Music Phonet. to make a glide

vt.

to cause to glide

n.

1. the act of gliding; smooth, easy flow or movement

☆ 2. a small disk or ball, as of nylon, attached to the underside of furniture legs, etc. to allow easy sliding

3. Music loosely a slur, portamento, or the like

4. Phonet.

a) an intermediate sound produced in the transition of the speech organs from the position for one sound to that for another

b) the nonsyllabic vowel in a diphthong: see OFF-GLIDE, ON-GLIDE