GLIDE
What does "GLIDE" mean?
To move smoothly and effortlessly, with little or no apparent effort.
Meanings
- To move along a smooth, continuous path without obvious effort. The swan glided across the still lake.
- To fly without engine power, using air currents and a shallow descent. The pilot cut the engine and let the plane glide to the runway. technical
- A speech sound that transitions smoothly, such as the y- or w-like sounds in linguistics. The 'y' in 'yes' is classed as a glide. technical
Did you know?
- Wandering albatrosses glide so efficiently using wind gradients over the ocean that they can travel thousands of kilometres with almost no flapping, expending little more energy than sitting still.
Word origin
From Old English 'glīdan' meaning 'to move smoothly, slip', of Germanic origin and related to Dutch 'glijden' and German 'gleiten'.
Remember it
GLIDE has a long 'i' that slides off the tongue - say it slowly and the word itself glides.
A little poem
No wingbeat, no oar-
the heron lets the cold air
do all of the work.
haiku
What it teaches
The most graceful motion looks effortless only because the effort happened first.
Quick facts
What does GLIDE mean?
To move smoothly and effortlessly, with little or no apparent effort.
Is GLIDE a valid word?
Yes — GLIDE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GLIDE?
GLIDE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does GLIDE come from?
From Old English 'glīdan' meaning 'to move smoothly, slip', of Germanic origin and related to Dutch 'glijden' and German 'gleiten'.
What can GLIDE teach us?
The most graceful motion looks effortless only because the effort happened first.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.