glide

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
2. To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
3. To cause to glide.
4. To pass with a glide, as the voice.

Noun

1. The act of gliding.
2. A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
3. An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
4. A bird, the glede or kite.
5. A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
6. The joining of two sounds without a break.
7. A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.

Concepten

glijden

slippen

zweven

een glijvlucht maken

uitglijden

zweefvliegen

glibberen

schuiven

glippen

halfvocaal

sluipen

glijvlucht

zweefvlucht

Synoniemen

slide

slip

soar

float

semivowel

sail

coast

gliding

drift

fly

✈️

skim

creep

slither

skate

sweep

sailplaning

bob

slide down

trickle

soaring

let something slip

glissade

hover

move

pass

plane

run

sailing

scud

skid

skitter

slip down

sneak

sway

volplane

move slowly

move gently

ice skate

⛸️

gliding flight

breeze

slip off

flying

slue

slip along

flow

drag up

stroll

strut

submarine

swagger

elaspe

crawl

tiptoe

clear away

go softly

wriggle

writhe

fly about

letting down

plane down

roller skate

🛼

skim over

parachute

🪂

travel by air

clean up

luge

leap

move quickly

kite

🪁

move smoothly

jump

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɡlaɪd/

Etymologie (Engels)

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

Zinnen

This creates an aerofoil enabling them to glide or more .

Dit creëert een aerofoil waarmee ze of meer kunnen glijden.