Noun
the activity of flying a glider

Noun
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn''t stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"

Noun
a vowel-like sound that serves as a consonant

Verb
move smoothly and effortlessly

Verb
cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly

Verb
fly in or as if in a glider plane

n.
The glede or kite.

v. i.
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.

v. i.
To pass with a glide, as the voice.

n.
The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction.

n.
A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element) or the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal vowels, or the brief final or initial part of some consonants (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 18, 97, 191).

Glide

Glide

The river glideth at his own sweet will.

Glide

They prey at last ensnared, he dreadful darts, With rapid glide, along the leaning line.

Seeing Orlando, it unlink'd itself, And with indented glides did slip away.

The glede or kite.

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 act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction.