Noun

• S: (n) semivowel, glide (a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) palatal (a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast'))
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• 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)
• S: (v) glide (fly in or as if in a glider plane)
• direct troponym / full troponym
• domain category
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) fly, aviate, pilot (operate an airplane) "The pilot flew to Cuba"
• S: (v) fly blind (fly an airplane solely by relying on instruments)
• S: (v) fly contact (fly a plane by using visible landmarks or points of reference)
• S: (v) solo (fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers)
• S: (v) test fly (test a plane)
• S: (v) jet (fly a jet plane)
• S: (v) glide (fly in or as if in a glider plane)
• S: (v) hydroplane, seaplane (glide on the water in a hydroplane)
• S: (v) balloon (ride in a hot-air balloon) "He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China"
• S: (v) hedgehop, flat-hat (fly very close to the ground)
• S: (v) hang glide, soar (fly by means of a hang glider)
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) glide (cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly)