Meaning

7 senses
  1. The act of gliding.

    скольже́ниеskolʹžénije, плани́рованиеplanírovanije

  2. A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.

    a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

  3. An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.

  4. A bird, the glede or kite.

  5. A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.

  6. The joining of two sounds without a break.

  7. A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.

Examples

57 sentences
  1. Tom doesn't want Mary to go hang gliding.

    Том не хотів, щоб Мері полетіла на дельтаплані.

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  2. I nearly killed myself hang gliding.

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  3. I almost killed myself hang gliding.

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  4. I can't picture Tom hang gliding.

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  5. Do you consider hang gliding dangerous?

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Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
The act of gliding:

Origin

From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, fro

From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleydʰ-.

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Forms

plural: glides
Singularglide
Pluralglides

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

28 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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