glide
Move without effort
Glide is smooth, effortless movement—sliding through air or across a surface without apparent propulsion.
Birds glide on air currents, skaters glide across ice, a hand glides over silk.
A glider is an aircraft without an engine.
To glide through something is to accomplish it with ease: She glided through the interview.
In phonetics, a glide is a transitional sound between vowels.
Ascend to heights
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- hoverRemain suspended midair
- coastLand beside the ocean
swoop · sail · wingspan · airborne · thermals · updraft · altitude · aviation
Without roughness or difficulty
- seamlessWithout visible joins
- fluidSubstance that flows
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- effortlessRequiring no strain
graceful · elegant · balletic · weightless · floating · drifting · lithe · nimble
Water's solid form
- skateGliding boot or flatfish
- rinkEnclosed skating surface
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- figure skatingChoreographed athletic ice performance
hockey · glissade · pirouette · crossover · edge · stroke · ice dancing · speed skating
Dance in three-quarter time
- foxtrotSmooth partner dance
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
- twirlRotate rapidly, often playfully
- sweepBrush clean with broom
sway · spin · partner · floor · step · quickstep · tango · chassé
Snow-gliding footwear attachment
- snowboardSlope-riding platform
- sledRunner-based snow vehicle
- tobogganRunnerless snow vehicle
- lugeFeet-first racing sled
bobsleigh · waterslide · chute · banister · zipline · rollerblade · skateboard · slalom
soar
Ascend to heights
coast · swoop · sail · wingspan · airborne · thermals · updraft · altitude · aviation · aeronautics
smooth
Without roughness or difficulty
effortless · graceful · elegant · balletic · weightless · floating · drifting · lithe · nimble · poised
ice
Water's solid form
figure skating · hockey · glissade · pirouette · crossover · edge · stroke · ice dancing · speed skating · slippery
waltz
Dance in three-quarter time
sweep · sway · spin · partner · floor · step · quickstep · tango · chassé · promenade
ski
Snow-gliding footwear attachment
luge · bobsleigh · waterslide · chute · banister · zipline · rollerblade · skateboard · slalom · slope
kayak
Enclosed single-person watercraft
- canoeSlender paddled vessel
- paddleboardWatercraft propelled standing
- swanLarge graceful waterbird
raft · rowboat · sailboat · cruise · stream · current · ripple · oar · hull · wake
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- skatingskating, ice skating, roller skating, figure skating, inline skating
- skiingskiing, ski, ski resort, ski slope, ski slopes
- body movementsflexion, bend, twist, standing, extension
- roller skatingroller rink, inline skates, skate wheels, rollerblades, skate parks
- slidingslip, skid, slither, skim, coast
- hang gliderPiloted fabric wing
- hang glidingUnpowered flight via portable wing
- hang glideUnpowered personal flight
- sugar gliderMembrane-winged marsupial from Oceania
- glide pathAircraft's landing descent route
- foam gliderBuoyant toy aircraft
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