glide

1. (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.Examples: "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."Synonyms: coast, slideintransitive

2. (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.Examples: "The tide was out, and we drew up amid the strong bracing smell of seaweed, with gulls screeching, wheeling around, and gliding on the wind."intransitive

3. (transitive) To cause to glide.transitive

4. (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.