glides
Travels without effort
Glides is the plural of glide—smooth, effortless movements through air, water, or across a surface.
Birds make glides between wingbeats.
A dancer's glides carry them across the floor.
In linguistics, glides are sounds like "w" and "y" that transition smoothly between vowels.
The hawk made several long glides before landing.
Unobstructed speech sound
- consonantIn agreement with
- semivowelConsonant articulated like vowel
- palatalConcerning mouth's roof
- liquidFree-flowing substance
phoneme · articulation · diphthong · transition · syllable
Gradual movement, no direction
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
- coastLand beside the ocean
- skimPass over lightly
- sailShip's wind-catching fabric
cruise · sweep · slide · slip · flow · traverse · skate · ski
Engineless soaring aircraft
- paragliderFoot-launched aircraft with fabric wing
- soarAscend to heights
- thermalsWarm air columns
- updraftUpward air movement
lift · altitude · aviation · aeronautics · wing · airborne · aviate · glidepath
Gracefully refined, tasteful
- fluidSubstance that flows
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- effortlessRequiring no strain
- swanLarge graceful waterbird
dancer · ballet · waltz · pirouette · poise · serene · choreography · gymnastics
vowel
Unobstructed speech sound
liquid · phoneme · articulation · diphthong · transition · syllable
drift
Gradual movement, no direction
sail · cruise · sweep · slide · slip · flow · traverse · skate · ski · sled
sailplane
Engineless soaring aircraft
- paragliderFoot-launched aircraft with fabric wing
- soarAscend to heights
- thermalsWarm air columns
updraft · lift · altitude · aviation · aeronautics · wing · airborne · aviate · glidepath · descent
elegant
Gracefully refined, tasteful
- fluidSubstance that flows
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- effortlessRequiring no strain
swan · dancer · ballet · waltz · pirouette · poise · serene · choreography · gymnastics · ballerina
frictionless
Having no resistance
- lubricatedMade slippery for motion
- polishedSmooth, refined, accomplished
- slickSmooth or craftily adept
ice · glass · silk · waxed · oiled · sleek · glossy · satin · smooth · slippery
- lettersa, d, e, h, q
- skatingskating, ice skating, roller skating, figure skating, inline skating
- figure skatingspins, triple lutz, edges, footwork, ice dancing
- Mouse Partsbutton, scroll wheel, sensor, side button, wheel
- riverbedriver bottom, stream bed, creek bed, substrate, bedrock
- phoneticsphonemes, phoneme, vocal folds, consonants, vowels
- 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