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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Glide \Glide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glided}; p. pr & vb n. {Gliding}.] [AS. gl[=i]dan; akin to D. glijden, OHG. gl[=i]tan, G. gleiten Sw glida, Dan. glide, and prob. to E. glad.] 1. To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice. The river glideth at his own sweet will --Wordsworth. 2. (Phon.) To pass with a glide, as the voice. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gliding n : the activity of flying a glider [syn: {glide}, {sailplaning}, {soaring}, {sailing}]
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