Glide , v. i. (Aëronautics)
To move through the air by virtue
of gravity or momentum; to volplane.
Glide , n. (Aëronautics) Movement of a
glider, aëroplane, etc., through the air under gravity or its own movement.
Glide , n.
1. The act
or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction.
They prey at
last ensnared, he dreadful darts,
With rapid glide, along the leaning line.
Thomson. Seeing Orlando,
it unlink'd
itself,
And with indented glides did slip away.
Shak.
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, §§ 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).
&fist; 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, §§ 17, 95.
Glide , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glided;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Gliding.]
[AS. glīdan; akin to D. glijden, OHG.
glītan, G.
gleiten, Sw. glida, Dan. glide, and prob. to E. glad.]
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.
The river
glideth at his own sweet will.
Wordsworth.
2. (Phon.) To pass with a glide, as the
voice.
Glide (?), n.
(Zoöl.) The glede or kite.
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