Glide (Noun)
Meaning 1
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".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
A vowellike sound that serves as a consonant.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The phonetician explained that the glide in the word "boy" is the sound /j/.
- In linguistics, a glide is a type of consonantal sound that is vowel-like but functions as a consonant.
- The language teacher instructed her students to pay attention to the glide in the pronunciation of the word "yacht".
- In some languages, the glide /w/ is considered a consonant sound.
- The glide /j/ in the word "you" is often pronounced with a soft, vowel-like quality.
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Meaning 3
The activity of flying a glider.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.