glide
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
Types & categories
- speech sound hypernym
- palatal hyponym
Sense 2 verb
move smoothly and effortlessly
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
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
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
- sideslip hyponym
- snowboarding hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
fly in or as if in a glider plane
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- gliding derivation
- glider derivation
- air travel domain topic
Sense 5 noun
the activity of flying a glider
Types & categories
- flying hypernym
- hang gliding hyponym
- parasailing hyponym
Related & opposite
- glide derivation
- sailplane derivation
- hang glide derivation
Sense 6 verb
cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
- glide derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | speech sound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | palatal |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | go by |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | glide |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | glider |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | slide |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | coast |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | skitter |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | snake |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | skate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | skim |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | surfboard |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | body-surf |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | snowboard |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | slide |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | coast |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | glide |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | glide |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | slide |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sideslip |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | snowboarding |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | gliding |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | glider |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | air travel |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | pilot |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | kite |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sailplane |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | glide |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sailplane |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | hang glide |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | flying |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hang gliding |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | parasailing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | glide |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |