glide
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleydʰ-.
Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida, Finnish liitää.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɡlaɪd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪd
Verb
[edit]glide (third-person singular simple present glides, present participle gliding, simple past glided or glid or (archaic) glode, past participle glided or glid or glidden or (archaic) glode)
- (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
- 1807, William Wordsworth, “Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 (Sonnet 14)”, in Poems, in Two Volumes, volume I, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], →OCLC:
- The river glideth at his own sweet will:
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 137:
- It is odd how easily the common-places of morality or of sentiment glide off in conversation. Well, they are "exceedingly helpful," and so Lord Avonleigh found them.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Chapter VI:
- The water over which the boats glided was black and smooth, rising into huge foamless billows, the more terrible because they were silent.
- (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 8:
- The tide was out, and we drew up amid the strong bracing smell of seaweed, with gulls screeching, wheeling around, and gliding on the wind.
- (transitive) To cause to glide.
- (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
Synonyms
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Noun
[edit]glide (plural glides)
- The act of gliding.
- (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
- Synonyms: semivowel, semiconsonant
- (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
- A bird, the glede or kite.
- A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
- Hyponym: bell glide
- The joining of two sounds without a break.
- A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
Derived terms
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Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]glide
- Alternative form of glede (“kite (bird of prey)”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German gliden.
Pronunciation
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[edit]glide (present tense glid, past tense gleid, past participle glidd or glitt or glide, present participle glidande, imperative glid)
- to slip (to lose one's traction on a slippery surface)
- Han gleid på isen.
- He slipped on the ice.
- to glide (to move effortlessly)
- Skia glid godt.
- The skis glide well.
References
[edit]- “glide” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Volapük
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[edit]glide
West Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Frisian glīda, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]glide
Inflection
[edit]Strong class 1 | ||||
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infinitive | glide | |||
3rd singular past | glied | |||
past participle | gliden | |||
infinitive | glide | |||
long infinitive | gliden | |||
gerund | gliden n | |||
auxiliary | hawwe | |||
indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
1st singular | glyd | glied | ||
2nd singular | glydst | gliedst | ||
3rd singular | glydt | glied | ||
plural | glide | glieden | ||
imperative | glyd | |||
participles | glidend | gliden |
Further reading
[edit]- “glide”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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