The Meaning of glide

• (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).

Synonyms

semivowel , slide , coast , gliding , sailplaning , soaring , sailing

Rhymes

abide , actinide , allied , alongside , apartheid , applied , arsenide , aside , astride , backside , backslide , bayside , bedside , belied , beside , betide , bide , blindside , bride , broadside , bromide , burnside , carbide , certified , chide , clarified , classified , clyde , cockeyed , codified , coincide , collide , complied , confide , countryside , cried , cyanide , decertified , decide , declassified , decried , defied , denied , deride , died , dignified , dioxide , disqualified , dissatisfied , diversified , divide , dockside , downside , dried , dyed , eid , eide , eyed , fireside , flied , fluoride , formaldehyde , fortified , fratricide , fried , fungicide , genocide , germicide , glucoside , glycoside , gratified , gride , guide , guyed , halide , heid , heide , herbicide , hide , hillside , homicide , horrified , hyde , hydride , hydrosulfide , ide , identified , implied , infanticide , insecticide , inside , intensified , iodide , ironside , joyride , justified , lakeside , landslide , lied , liquefied , liquide , lyde , macbride , magnified , malahide , mcbride , mcbryde , misapplied , misguide , misidentified , modified , mollified , monosaccharide , mortified , mountainside , multiplied , nationwide , nonqualified , nucleotide , nullified , occupied , oceanside , ossified , outside , overqualified , override , oversimplified , oversupplied , oxide , pacified , peptide , peroxide , pesticide , pied , plied , polyamide , polysaccharide , pool-side , preoccupied , preside , pride , pried , prophesied , provide , pryde , purified , qualified , ratified , rawhide , reclassified , rectified , relied , replied , reside , reunified , ride , ringside , riverside , roadside , satisfied , scheid , schmied , seaside , seide , shied , side , sighed , signified , silverside , simplified , slide , snide , specified , spied , statewide , stratified , stride , subdivide , subside , suicide , sulfide , sunnyside , superoxide , supplied , syed , telluride , terrified , thalidomide , tide , tied , tried , triglyceride , unclassified , underside , undignified , unidentified , unified , unjustified , unoccupied , unqualified , unratified , unsatisfied , unspecified , untied , untried , unverified , upside , verified , vide , vied , wayside , westside , wide , worldwide , wyden , yuletide