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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
glide
n 1: a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant [syn:
semivowel, glide]
2: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in
contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of
the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy
slope" [syn: slide, glide, coast]
3: the activity of flying a glider [syn: glide, gliding,
sailplaning, soaring, sailing]
v 1: move smoothly and effortlessly
2: fly in or as if in a glider plane
3: cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Glede \Glede\ (gl[=e]d), n. [AS. glida, akin to Icel. gle[eth]a,
Sw. glada. Cf. Glide, v. i.] (Zool.)
The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is
also sometimes applied to the buzzard. [Written also glead,
gled, gleed, glade, and glide.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Glide \Glide\, n. (Zool.)
The glede or kite.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Glide \Glide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glided; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gliding.] [AS. gl[imac]dan; akin to D. glijden, OHG.
gl[imac]tan, G. gleiten, Sw. glida, Dan. glide, and prob. to
E. glad.]
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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.
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The river glideth at his own sweet will.
--Wordsworth.
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2. (Phon.) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
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3. (A["e]ronautics) To move through the air by virtue of
gravity or momentum; to volplane.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Glide \Glide\, n.
1. The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without
labor or obstruction.
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They prey at last ensnared, he dreadful darts,
With rapid glide, along the leaning line. --Thomson.
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Seeing Orlando, it unlink'd itself,
And with indented glides did slip away. --Shak.
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2. (Phon.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced
by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite
position to another, and with gradual change in the most
frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end
of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or
consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to
the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide
to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 19, 161, 162). Also (by
Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element) or
the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal
vowels, or the brief final or initial part of some
consonants (see Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 18,
97, 191).
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Note: The on-glide of a vowel or consonant is the glidemade
in passing to it, the off-glide, one made in passing
from it. Glides of the other sort are distinguished as
initial or final, or fore-glides and after-glides. For
voice-glide, see Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]
17, 95.
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3. (A["e]ronautics) Movement of a glider, a["e]roplane, etc.,
through the air under gravity or its own movement.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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6. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) |
Glide, OR -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oregon
Population (2000): 1690
Housing Units (2000): 675
Land area (2000): 10.100760 sq. miles (26.160847 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.062185 sq. miles (0.161058 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 10.162945 sq. miles (26.321905 sq. km)
FIPS code: 29750
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 43.319078 N, 123.066926 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 97443
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Glide, OR
Glide
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Thesaurus Results for Glide:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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