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glide

  [glahyd] verb, glid⋅ed, glid⋅ing, noun
Use glide in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
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 fol. by along, away, by, etc.).
3. to move quietly or stealthily or without being noticed (usually fol. by in, out, along, etc.).
4. Aeronautics.
a. to move in the air, esp. at an easy angle downward, with less engine power than for level flight, solely by the action of air currents and gravity, or by momentum already acquired.
b. to fly in a glider.
5. Music. to pass from one note to another without a break.
–verb (used with object)
6. to cause to glide.
–noun
7. a gliding movement, as in dancing.
8. a dance marked by such movements.
9. Music. slur (def. 10a).
10. Phonetics.
a. a speech sound having the characteristics of both a consonant and a vowel, esp. w in wore and y in your, and, in some analyses, r in road and l in load; semivowel.
b. a transitional sound heard during the articulation linking two phonemically contiguous sounds, as the y-sound often heard between the i and e of quiet.
11. a calm stretch of shallow, smoothly flowing water, as in a river.
12. an act or instance of gliding.
13. Metallurgy. slip 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.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME gliden (v.), OE glīdan; c. G gleiten

Related forms:
glid⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. flow. See slide.

Antonyms:
1. stick.
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slip

1  [slip] verb, slipped or (Archaic) slipt; slipped; slip⋅ping; noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
2. to slide suddenly or involuntarily; to lose one's foothold, as on a smooth surface: She slipped on the icy ground.
3. to move, slide, or start gradually from a place or position: His hat had slipped over his eyes.
4. to slide out of or become disengaged from a fastening, the grasp, etc.: The soap slipped from my hand.
5. to pass without having been acted upon or used; be lost; get away: to let an opportunity slip.
6. to pass from the mind, memory, or consciousness.
7. to elapse or pass quickly or imperceptibly (often fol. by away or by): The years slipped by.
8. to become involved or absorbed easily: to slip into a new way of life.
9. to move or go quietly, cautiously, or unobtrusively: to slip out of a room.
10. to put on or take off a garment easily or quickly: She slipped on the new sweater. He slipped off his shoes.
11. to make a mistake or error: As far as I know, you haven't slipped once.
12. to fall below a standard or accustomed level, or to decrease in quantity or quality; decline; deteriorate: His work slipped last year.
13. to be said or revealed inadvertently (usually fol. by out): The words just slipped out.
14. to read, study, consider, etc., without attention: He slipped over the most important part.
15. Aeronautics. (of an aircraft when excessively banked) to slide sideways, toward the center of the curve described in turning. Compare skid (def. 15).
–verb (used with object)
16. to cause to move, pass, go, etc., with a smooth, easy, or sliding motion.
17. to put, place, pass, insert, or withdraw quickly or stealthily: to slip a letter into a person's hand.
18. to put on or take off (a garment) easily or quickly: He slipped the shirt over his head.
19. to let or make (something) slide out of a fastening, the hold, etc.: I slipped the lock, and the door creaked open.
20. to release from a leash, harness, etc., as a hound or a hawk.
21. to get away or free oneself from; escape (a pursuer, restraint, leash, etc.): The cow slipped its halter.
22. to untie or undo (a knot).
23. Nautical. to let go entirely, as an anchor cable or an anchor.
24. to pass from or escape (one's memory, attention, knowledge, etc.).
25. to dislocate; put out of joint or position: I slipped a disk in my back.
26. to shed or cast: The rattlesnake slipped its skin.
27. to ignore, pass over, or omit, as in speaking or writing.
28. to let pass unheeded; neglect or miss.
29. Boxing. to evade or avoid (a blow) by moving or turning the body quickly: He slipped a right and countered with a hard left.
30. (of animals) to bring forth (offspring) prematurely.
31. British. to detach (a railway car) from a moving train as it passes through a station.
–noun
32. an act or instance of slipping.
33. a sudden losing of one's foothold, as on slippery ground.
34. a mistake in judgment; blunder.
35. a mistake or oversight, as in speaking or writing, esp. a small one due to carelessness: a minor slip in addition; a slip of the tongue.
36. an error in conduct; indiscretion.
37. something easily slipped on or off.
38. a decline or fall in quantity, quality, extent, etc., or from a standard or accustomed level: a slip in prices.
39. Clothing.
a. a woman's undergarment, sleeveless and usually having shoulder straps, extending from above the bust down to the hemline of the outer dress.
b. an underskirt, as a half-slip or petticoat.
40. a pillowcase.
41. an inclined plane, sloping to the water, on which vessels are built or repaired.
42. Nautical. the difference between the speed at which a screw propeller or paddle wheel would move if it were working against a solid and the actual speed at which it advances through the water.
43. a space between two wharves or in a dock for vessels to lie in.
44. Electricity. the difference between the synchronous and the operating speeds of a motor.
45. Machinery.
a. the difference between output speed and input or theoretical speed in certain fluid or electromagnetic devices, as couplings or motors.
b. (in pumps) the difference between the actual volume of water or other liquid delivered by a pump during one complete stroke and the theoretical volume as determined by calculation of the displacement.
46. unintended movement or play between mechanical parts or the like.
47. Cricket.
a. the position of a fielder who stands behind and to the offside of the wicketkeeper.
b. the fielder playing this position.
48. Geology.
a. the relative displacement of formerly adjacent points on opposite sides of a fault, measured along the fault plane.
b. a small fault.
49. Also called glide. Metallurgy. plastic deformation of one part of a metallic crystal relative to the other part due to shearing action.
—Verb phrases
50. slip away,
a. to depart quietly or unobtrusively; steal off.
b. to recede; slowly vanish: All those facts I had memorized just slipped away.
51. slip up, to make an error; fail: I slipped up and put the letter in the wrong envelope.
—Idioms
52. give someone the slip, to elude a pursuer; escape: The murderer gave the police the slip.
53. let slip, to reveal unintentionally: to let slip the truth.
54. slip a cog. cog 1 (def. 6).
55. slip between the cracks. crack (def. 54).
56. slip someone's mind, to be forgotten: I was supposed to phone, but it slipped my mind.
57. slip something over on, to deceive; defraud; trick. Also, slip one over on.
Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) ME slippen < MD slippen; c. OHG slipfen; (n.) late ME slippe, deriv. of or akin to the v.; cf. OHG slipf a sliding, slipping, error; akin to slipper 2

Related forms:
slipless, adjective
slip⋅ping⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1, 2. slither. See slide. 11. err, blunder. 35. error, fault. See mistake.
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glide   (glīd)   
v.   glid·ed, glid·ing, glides

v.   intr.

  1. To move in a smooth, effortless manner: a submarine gliding through the water. See Synonyms at slide.

  2. To move silently and furtively.

  3. To occur or pass imperceptibly.

  4. To fly without propulsion. Used of an aircraft.

  5. Music To blend one tone into the next; slur.

  6. Linguistics To articulate a glide in speech.

v.   tr.
To cause to move or pass smoothly, silently, or imperceptibly.
n.  

  1. The act of gliding.

  2. Music A slur.

  3. Linguistics

    1. The transitional sound produced by passing from the articulatory position of one speech sound to that of another.

    2. See semivowel.


[Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
sem·i·vow·el   (sěm'ĭ-vou'əl)   
n.  A sound that has the quality of one of the high vowels, as (ē) or (ōō), and that functions as a consonant before or after vowels, as the initial sounds of yell and well and the final sounds of coy and cow. Also called glide.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
slip (up)

  1. in.
    to make an error. : Don't slip up and pay this bill twice, please.
  2. n.
    and slip(-up). an error. : That was a silly slip-up. I'm sorry.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

glide 
O.E. glidan "move along smoothly and easily" (class I strong verb, past tense glad, past participle gliden), from W.Gmc. *glidan (cf. O.S. glidan, O.Fris. glida, Ger. gleiten). No known cognates outside Germanic. Glider "motorless airplane," is c.1897.

slip  (v.)
c.1300, "to escape, to move softly and quickly," from M.L.G. slippen "to glide, slide," from P.Gmc. *slipanan (cf. O.H.G. slifan, M.Du. slippen, Ger. schleifen "to glide, slide"), from PIE *sleib- "slimy, slippery," from base *(s)lei- "slimy, sticky, slippery" (see slime). Meaning "to lose one's footing" is from c.1340. The noun meaning "woman's sleeveless garment" is first recorded 1761. Meaning "mistake, minor fault" is from 1620. To give (someone) the slip is from 1567. To slip up "make a mistake" is from 1855; to slip through the net "evade detection" is from 1902. Slip-knot first attested 1659. Slip-stream is from 1913.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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