glide

US: /ˈɡɫaɪd/
UK: /ɡlˈa‍ɪd/


English Vietnamese dictionary


glide /glaid/
  • danh từ
    • sự trượt đi, sự lướt đi
    • sự lượn (máy bay)
    • (âm nhạc) gam nửa cung

Advanced English dictionary


verb, noun
+ verb [V] [usually +adv./prep.]
1 to move smoothly and quietly, especially as though it takes no effort: Swans went gliding past. + The skaters were gliding over the ice.
2 (of birds or aircraft) to fly using air currents, without the birds moving their wings or the aircraft using the engine: An eagle was gliding high overhead. + The plane managed to glide down to the runway.
+ noun
1 [sing.] a continuous smooth movement: the graceful glide of a skater
2 [C] (phonetics) a speech sound made while moving the tongue from one position to another

Thesaurus dictionary


v.
slide, slip, coast, skate, soar, float, sail, glissade, stream, flow:
The skiff glided peacefully down the river.

Concise English dictionary


glides|glided|glidingglaɪd
noun
+a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
+the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
+the activity of flying a glider
verb
+move smoothly and effortlessly
+fly in or as if in a glider plane
+cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly