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glide
glide / glīd/ • v. 1. [intr.] move with a smooth continuous motion, typically with little noise: a few gondolas glided past. ∎ [tr.] cause to move with a smooth continuous motion. 2. [intr.] make an unpowered flight, either in a glider or in an aircraft with engine failure. ∎ (of a bird) fly through the air with very little movement of the wings. • n. [in sing.] 1. a smooth continuous movement. ∎ an unpowered maneuver in an aircraft. ∎ a flight in a glider or unpowered aircraft. ∎ a smooth continuous step in ballroom dancing. 2. Phonet. a sound produced as the vocal organs move toward or away from articulation of a vowel or consonant, for example / y/ in mute / myoōt/ . |
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"glide." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "glide." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-glide.html "glide." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-glide.html |
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GLIDE. In PHONETICS, such APPROXIMANT sounds as the /w/ of wet and the /j/ of yet, which have no steady state even when pronounced in isolation. Whereas it is easy to say [s] and [m] and prolong them without a following VOWEL, [j, w] require a following vowel to glide into, such as schwa [wə, jə]. If they are artificially prolonged, they become vowels similar to the [uː] of move and the [iː] of leave respectively. The approximant r can also be regarded as a glide. Although they are vocalic, glides behave in a SYLLABLE as though they are CONSONANTS: the glides in yak, wake, rake belong to the syllable margin as do the consonants in bake, sake, take. In view of their intermediate status, glides are sometimes known as semi-vowels, sometimes as semi-consonants. See R-SOUNDS, SPEECH.
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TOM McARTHUR. "GLIDE." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. TOM McARTHUR. "GLIDE." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-GLIDE.html TOM McARTHUR. "GLIDE." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-GLIDE.html |
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glide pass easily or smoothly. OE. str. vb. glīdan = OS. glīdan (Du. glijden), OHG. glītan (G. gleiten) :- WGmc. *ʒlīðan, of which no cogns. are known.
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T. F. HOAD. "glide." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "glide." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-glide.html T. F. HOAD. "glide." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-glide.html |
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glide
•abide, applied, aside, astride, backslide, beside, bestride, betide, bide, bride, chide, Clyde, cockeyed, coincide, collide, confide, cried, decide, divide, dried, elide, five-a-side, glide, guide, hide, hollow-eyed, I'd, implied, lied, misguide, nationwide, nide, offside, onside, outride, outside, pan-fried, pied, pie-eyed, popeyed, pride, provide, ride, Said, shied, side, slide, sloe-eyed, snide, square-eyed, starry-eyed, statewide, Strathclyde, stride, subdivide, subside, tide, tried, undyed, wall-eyed, wide, worldwide
•carbide • unmodified
•overqualified, unqualified
•dignified, signified
•unverified • countrified
•unpurified • unclassified
•unspecified • sissified • unsanctified
•self-satisfied, unsatisfied
•unidentified • unquantified
•unfortified • unjustified • uncertified
•formaldehyde • oxhide • rawhide
•cowhide • allied • landslide • bolide
•paraglide • polyamide • bromide
•thalidomide • selenide • cyanide
•unoccupied
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"glide." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "glide." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-glide.html "glide." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-glide.html |
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