glide

Definition

To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.

Etymology

From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleydʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida, Finnish liitää.

Example Sentences

• "The river glideth at his own sweet will:"
• "It is odd how easily the common-places of morality or of sentiment glide off in conversation. Well, they are "exceedingly helpful," and so Lord Avonleigh found them."
• "The water over which the boats glided was black and smooth, rising into huge foamless billows, the more terrible because they were silent."