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glide

UK/ˈɡlaɪd/ US/ˈɡlaɪd/ uncommon
verb (3) noun (3)

verb

1.
2.

fly in or as if in a glider plane

3.

noun

1.

a vowel-like sound that serves as a consonant

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2.

the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

  • “his slide didn”
  • “;”
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3.

Origin

From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleydʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida, Finnish liitää.

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