gliding
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- the activity of flying a gliderSynonyms: glidesailplaningsoaringsailing
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Glide \Glide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glided; p. pr. & vb. n. Gliding.] [AS. gl[imac]dan; akin to D. glijden, OHG. gl[imac]tan, G. gleiten, Sw. glida, Dan. glide, and prob. to E. glad.] [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
The river glideth at his own sweet will.— Wordsworth.[1913 Webster]
2.(Phon.) To pass with a glide, as the voice. [1913 Webster]
3.(A["e]ronautics) To move through the air by virtue of gravity or momentum; to volplane. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]