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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the activity of flying a glider;
[syn: glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Glide \Glide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glided; p. pr. & vb. n. Gliding.] [AS. gl[imac]dan; akin to D. glijden, OHG. gl[imac]tan, G. gleiten, Sw. glida, Dan. glide, and prob. to E. glad.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The river glideth at his own sweet will. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 2. (Phon.) To pass with a glide, as the voice. [1913 Webster] 3. (A["e]ronautics) To move through the air by virtue of gravity or momentum; to volplane. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gliding n 1: the activity of flying a glider [syn: glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing]