glide
Noun
-
is a type of: phone, sound, speech sound - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some languagesubtypes: palatal - a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')same as: semivowel
-
subtypes:
- sideslip, skid, slip - an unexpected slide
- snowboarding - the act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard
-
subtypes:
- hang gliding - gliding in a hang glider
- paragliding, parasailing - gliding in a parasail
Verb
-
is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphoricallysubtypes:
- skid, slew, slide, slip, slue - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- coast - move effortlessly; by force of gravity
- skitter - glide easily along a surface
- snake - move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
- skate - move along on skates
- plane, skim - travel on the surface of water
- surf, surfboard - ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard
- body-surf - ride the crest of a wave without a surfboard
- snowboard - glide down a snow-covered slope while standing on a board
Found on Word Lists
Other Searches
- Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
- Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet, Power Thesaurus
- Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing