Glided

[glahyd] /glaɪd/

verb (used without object), glided, gliding.
1.
to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.
2.
to pass by gradual or unobservable change (often followed by along, away, by, etc.).
3.
to move quietly or stealthily or without being noticed (usually followed by in, out, along, etc.).
4.
Aeronautics.

5.
Music. to pass from one note to another without a break.
verb (used with object), glided, gliding.
6.
to cause to glide.
noun
7.
a gliding movement, as in dancing.
8.
a dance marked by such movements.
9.
Music. (def 10a).
10.
Phonetics.

11.
a calm stretch of shallow, smoothly flowing water, as in a river.
12.
an act or instance of gliding.
13.
Metallurgy. 1 (def 49).
14.
a smooth metal plate, as on the bottom of the feet of a chair or table, to facilitate moving and to prevent scarring of floor surfaces.
15.
a metal track in which a drawer, shelf, etc., moves in or out.
/ɡlaɪd/
verb
1.
to move or cause to move easily without jerks or hesitations: to glide in a boat down the river
2.
(intransitive) to pass slowly or without perceptible change: to glide into sleep
3.
to cause (an aircraft) to come into land without engine power, or (of an aircraft) to land in this way
4.
(intransitive) to fly a glider
5.
(intransitive) (music) to execute a portamento from one note to another
6.
(intransitive) (phonetics) to produce a glide
noun
7.
a smooth easy movement
8.

9.
a manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes a gentle descent without engine power See also glide path
10.
the act or process of gliding
11.
(music)

12.
(phonetics)

13.
(crystallog) another name for slip1 (sense 33)
14.
(cricket) another word for glance1 (sense 11)
v.

Old English glidan “move along smoothly and easily, glide, slip, slide” (class I strong verb, past tense glad, past participle gliden), from West Germanic *glidan “to glide” (cf. Old Saxon glidan, Old Frisian glida, German gleiten). Related: Glided; gliding. Strong past tense form glid persisted into 20c. The noun is attested 1580s, from the verb.