glided; gliding
1
: to move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly
swans gliding over the lake
2
: to go or pass imperceptibly
hours glided by
3
a
of an airplane
: to descend gradually in controlled flight
b
: to fly in a glider
4
: to produce a glide (as in music or speech)
: to cause to glide
1
: a calm stretch of shallow water flowing smoothly
2
: the act or action of gliding
3
4
5
: a device for facilitating movement of something
especially
: a circular usually metal button attached to the bottom of furniture legs to provide a smooth surface
Examples of glide in a Sentence
Verb
The swans glided over the surface of the lake.
We watched the skiers glide down the slope.
The pilot glided to a safe landing after the engine failed.
The pilot glided the plane to a safe landing.
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Usa Today, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Fresh off a victory that propelled the New York Knicks to the second round of the playoffs, Bridges glided to his locker, Eurostepping a ghost and pretending to take off from his right leg.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 3 May 2025
ArsTechnica, 6 May 2025
Thus the actual Greenspan glides to and fro between characters, often becoming Mona, telling her friends how absolutely wonderful David Greenspan is.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Verb
The moon glides through Leo today, inspiring a bold entrepreneurial move.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Fresh off a victory that propelled the New York Knicks to the second round of the playoffs, Bridges glided to his locker, Eurostepping a ghost and pretending to take off from his right leg.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Noun
The military recently tested an intermediate-range hypersonic weapon, known by the Army as Dark Eagle and by the Navy as Conventional Prompt Strike, using the glide vehicle architecture.
—ArsTechnica, 6 May 2025
Thus the actual Greenspan glides to and fro between characters, often becoming Mona, telling her friends how absolutely wonderful David Greenspan is.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Glide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glide. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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