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Noun
S:
(n)
semivowel
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glide
(a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant)
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full hyponym
S:
(n)
palatal
(a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast'))
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sister term
S:
(n)
slide
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glide
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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
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gliding
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sailplaning
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soaring
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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)
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full troponym
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direct hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
S:
(v)
glide
(cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly)