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glide

glide

 
 
pronunciation:
glaId
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part of speech: verb
inflections: glides, gliding, glided
definition: When you glide, you move through the air or over a surface without making any effort. It's easy to glide over ice on ice skates.
The hawk glided through the air.Melissa enjoys gliding across the ice in her new ice skates.
similar words:
coast, flow, sail, skate, slide, slip, soar
derivation: glidingly (adv.)
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