Noun

• S: (n) semivowel, glide (a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant)
• S: (n) slide, glide, coast (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"
• S: (n) glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing (the activity of flying a glider)

Verb

• S: (v) glide (move smoothly and effortlessly)
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) skid, slip, slue, slew, slide (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner) "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
• S: (v) submarine (move forward or under in a sliding motion) "The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car"
• S: (v) skid (slide without control) "the car skidded in the curve on the wet road"
• S: (v) side-slip (slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis)
• S: (v) coast (move effortlessly; by force of gravity)
• S: (v) freewheel (coast in a vehicle using the freewheel)
• S: (v) skitter (glide easily along a surface)
• S: (v) snake (move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake)
• S: (v) skate (move along on skates) "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter"
• S: (v) ice skate (move along on ice skates)
• S: (v) figure skate (dance on skates)
• S: (v) spread-eagle (execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out)
• S: (v) roller skate (travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to their soles) "In some fashionable restaurants, the waiters roller skate around"
• S: (v) skateboard (ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom)
• S: (v) Rollerblade (travel on shoes with a single line of rubber wheels attached to their soles) "you'd better wear a helmet and knee protectors when you Rollerblade!"; "The muscular actor loves to Rollerblade"
• S: (v) plane, skim (travel on the surface of water)
• S: (v) aquaplane (ride on an aquaplane)
• S: (v) aquaplane (rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road) "the car aquaplaned"
• S: (v) surfboard, surf (ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard) "Californians love to surf"
• S: (v) windsurf (ride standing on a surfboard with an attached sail, on water) "You cannot windsurf when the air is completely still"
• S: (v) body-surf (ride the crest of a wave without a surfboard)
• S: (v) snowboard (glide down a snow-covered slope while standing on a board) "The children love to snowboard in winter"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) travel, go, move, locomote (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically) "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
• phrasal verb
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) glide (fly in or as if in a glider plane)
• S: (v) glide (cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly)