move with a smooth, quiet continuous motion

a few gondolas glided past

make an unpowered flight, either in a glider or in an aircraft with engine failure

students learning to glide

a gliding movement

the cuckoo makes its approach in a hawklike glide

the Cessna started a gentle power-off glide

a sound produced as the vocal organs move towards or away from articulation of a vowel or consonant, for example /j/ in duke /djuːk/

a glancing stroke which slightly deflects the ball, especially towards the leg side