glide

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
• Syn:
semivowel
• Hypernyms:
phone, speech sound, sound
• Hyponyms:
palatal
2. the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
- his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill
- the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope
• Syn:
slide, coast
• Derivationally related forms:
coast (for: coast), slide (for: slide)
• Hypernyms:
motion, movement, move
• Hyponyms:
skid, slip, sideslip, snowboarding
3. the activity of flying a glider
• Syn:
gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing
• Derivationally related forms:
soar (for: soaring), sailplane (for: sailplaning), glide (for: gliding)
• Hypernyms:
flight, flying
• Hyponyms:
hang gliding, parasailing, paragliding

II - verb

1. move smoothly and effortlessly (Freq. 3)
• See Also:
glide by
• Derivationally related forms:
glider
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
skid, slip, slue, slew, slide,
coast, skitter, snake, skate, plane, skim,
surfboard, surf, body-surf, snowboard
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s PP
- The cars glide down the avenue
2. fly in or as if in a glider plane
• Derivationally related forms:
glider, gliding
• Topics:
air travel, aviation, air
• Hypernyms:
fly, aviate, pilot
• Hyponyms:
kite, sailplane, soar
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
3. cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They glide the car down the avenue

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing, slide, coast, semivowel