verb, noun
verb [V] [usually +adv./prep.]
1 to move smoothly and quietly, especially as though it takes no effort:
Swans went gliding past. * The skaters were gliding over the ice.
2 (of birds or aircraft) to fly using air currents, without the birds moving their wings or the aircraft using the engine:
An eagle was gliding high overhead. * The plane managed to glide down to the runway.
Part of speech: noun
1 [sing.] a continuous smooth movement:
the graceful glide of a skater
2 [C] (phonetics) a speech sound made while moving the tongue from one position to another
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is glide a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, glide is tagged as noun.
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