glider

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glid·er | \ ˈglī-dər

Definition of glider

1 : one that glides: such as

a : an aircraft similar to an airplane but without an engine

b : a porch seat suspended from an upright framework

2 : something that aids gliding

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Recent Examples on the Web According to Smithsonian records, an employee rebuilt the Lilienthal glider in 1919. — Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2022 Meanwhile in Dorset, Will Sinclair (Jamie Flatters), a glider pilot, is training with the RAF. — Sheena Scott, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021 Lilienthal glider was deemed unsafe and put into storage. — Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2022 Early in movie, a cocky English pilot steers an engineless Horsa transport glider as its towed across the English Channel by a hulking four-engine Stirling bomber. — Sebastien Roblin, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021 Sigitas Besagirskas, the head of the Vilnius Industry and Business Association and owner of a small glider manufacturer, gets most of his materials from Germany but also needs a few small but vital Chinese parts. — New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022 An innovation for glider flights was a two-way radio system set up at the field by the United States forest service. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2022 Actress Betty White, holding a sugar glider, at the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association’s annual Beastly Ball in 2015. — Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ, 19 Jan. 2022 From Luke's crash into the stairs to Greg's falling through the floor to me stubbing my little toe on the glider. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 18 Dec. 2021 See More

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