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Gliding - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Glide \Glide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glided; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gliding.] [AS. gl[=i]dan; akin to D. glijden, OHG.
gl[=i]tan, 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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Gliding |
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flight4: I uploaded a YouTube video -- Grand Prix Gliding Explained http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afNpjqyNVWw&feature=autoshare_twitter |
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carolynivey: Spinning and Gliding on the Primeval Whirl Rollercoaster Ride at Animal Kingdom with Derreck and @tylerfaithivey! |
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AlexAizenberg: @antigabe central park dude! Everywhere people on some kind of snow Gliding tech... I missed out. Quite a sight in the concrete jungle. |
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