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   Glide, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glided; p. pr. & vb. n. Gliding.] [AS. glīdan; akin to D. glijden, OHG. glītan, G. gleiten, Sw. glida, Dan. glide, and prob. to E. glad.]
   
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   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.
   
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   The river glideth at his own sweet will. Wordsworth.
   
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   2. (Phon.) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
   
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   3. (Aëronautics) To move through the air by virtue of gravity or momentum; to volplane.
   
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