| Glide (glide) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Glide |
| (Zoöl.) |
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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.
To pass with a glide, as
the voice.
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The
act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or
obstruction.
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,
§§ 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, §§ 18, 97,
191).
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Movement of a glider, aëroplane, etc., through the air under
gravity or its own movement.
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To move through the air by virtue of gravity or momentum; to
volplane.
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