Usually means: Smooth movement across a surface.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. glides: Merriam-Webster
  2. glides: Collins English Dictionary
  3. glides: Vocabulary.com
  4. Glide's, Glides, glides: Wordnik
  5. glides: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. glides: Wiktionary
  7. glides: Dictionary.com
  8. glides: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Glides (linguistics): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. glides: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. glides: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. glides: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. glides: Idioms

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glides: Sports Definitions

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. GLIDES: NATURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Glide)

verb:  (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
verb:  (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to glide.
verb:  (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
noun:  The act of gliding.
noun:  (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
noun:  (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
noun:  A bird, the glede or kite.
noun:  A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
noun:  The joining of two sounds without a break.
noun:  A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
noun:  A census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.
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