Definition of: glide

(glīd) v. glid·ed, glid·ing v.i.
1. To move, slip, or flow smoothly or easily.
2. To pass unnoticed or imperceptibly, as time: often with by.
3. Aeron. To descend gradually and without the use of motor power: also, to operate or fly in a glider.
4. Music & Phonet. To produce a glide.
—v.t.
5. To cause to glide.
—noun
1. The act of gliding; a gliding motion.
2. Music An unbroken passage from tone to tone; a slur.
3. Phonet. a A transitional sound made in passing from the position of one speech sound to that of another, as the (w) heard between () and (a) in bivouac. b A semivowel.
4. A gliding step in waltzing; also, a waltz in which this movement is used.
5. The movement of a glider. [OE glīdan]