gliding
NounUS[glahy-ding]/ˈɡlaɪdɪŋ/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- the activity of flying a gliderSynonyms: glidesailplaningsoaringsailingType of flight, flyingKinds parasailing, hang gliding
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“gliding” is listed under Glide.
Glide intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Glided; present participle & verbal noun Gliding.]
Origin: AS. glīdan; akin to D. glijden, OHG. glītan, G. gleiten, Sw. glida, Dan. glide, and prob. to E. glad.
1. 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 river glideth at his own sweet will.— William Wordsworth
2. Phon. To pass with a glide, as the voice.
3. Aëronautics To move through the air by virtue of gravity or momentum; to volplane.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54