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Word entry · 5 letters

glide

Best crossword clue

"Move without effort"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡlaɪd/Part of speech noun, verbSorted degilStarts with GEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
1G2L3I4D5E

Definitions

  1. the activity of flying a glider

Word origin

From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleydʰ-.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Move without effort5 letters
02Move smoothly5 letters

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