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noun
- the activity of flying a glider
- The act of gliding.
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
- a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
- The joining of two sounds without a break.
- A bird, the glede or kite.
- A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
- (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
- A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
- (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
verb
- fly in or as if in a glider plane
- cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
- move smoothly and effortlessly
- (transitive) To cause to glide.
- (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
- (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
noun
- the activity of flying a glider
- the departure of a vessel from a port
- riding in a sailboat
- the work of a sailor
- Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel.
- The time of departure from a port.
- Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise.
- (countable) A scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.
adj
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- An instance of flying.
- The act of flying.
- The act of fleeing.
- (collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
- An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
- (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
- (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
- The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
- A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
- A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
- Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
- The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
- A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
- (by extension) A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
- (US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
- An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
- A paper airplane.
- An air force unit.
- A series of stairs between landings.
- (advertising, broadcasting) An advertising campaign of fixed length.
- a formation of aircraft in flight
- a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
- a flock of flying birds
- the act of escaping physically
- passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
- a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- an instance of traveling by air
- an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- the path followed by an object moving through space
verb
noun
noun
- (informal) A parachute.
- A waterfall or rapid.
- A pen or passageway to constrain the movement of an animal, such as livestock being loaded for transport; the pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
- (nautical, slang, by extension) A spinnaker.
- (horse racing) An extension to a straightway on either the home stretch or the backstretch, to avoid having a turn at the start of the race.
- A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
- rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
- sloping channel through which things can descend
verb
noun
noun
noun
noun
prefix
- parachute
- adjacent, next to
- avoiding or avoidant
- resembling
- around, surrounding
- incorrect
- (organic chemistry) In isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in opposite (1,4) positions (compare ortho- and meta-)
- across, through, throughout
- abnormal
- above, over
- opposite of, on the far side of
- near
- beyond
- disability sport
- false
- between
- beside, alongside
- unrecognized, unauthorized, or unsanctioned
- related or pertaining to
- affecting or concerning lower body
noun
- A frit fly.
- Any of many black enamel dots baked in a graded pattern onto the glass around the edge of a windshield.
- (UK politics, derogatory) A politician who does not perform some action (for example answering a question or calling a vote) out of fear of losing.
- A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
- (archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
adj
verb
noun
- An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- descent with a parachute
- (film) Clipping of jump cut.
- (slang) Any abrupt increase; a sudden rise; a hike
- An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
- (mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
- (sports, equestrianism) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
- An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- (US, informal, automotive) Ellipsis of jump-start.
- (theater) Synonym of one-night stand (“single evening's performance”).
- A jumping move in a board game.
- A kind of loose jacket for men.
- The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
- An effort; an attempt; a venture.
- An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
- (architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
- An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
- (science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
- (with on) An early start or an advantage.
- (mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
- A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
- (programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
- (physics, hydrodynamics) An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
- a sudden involuntary movement
- an abrupt transition
- a sudden and decisive increase
- the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
- (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
verb
- (transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
- (intransitive, slang) To commit suicide.
- (intransitive, biology, of DNA) To switch locations on chromosomes.
- (transitive) To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
- (intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
- (transitive, smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
- (transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
- (transitive, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
- (transitive) To cause to jump.
- (cycling, intransitive) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
- (intransitive, programming) To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
- (transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
- To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
- (transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
- To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
- (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- (transitive) To pass (a traffic light) when it is indicating that one should stop.
- (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- (quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
- (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- (intransitive, figurative) To shift one's position or attitude, especially suddenly and significantly.
- rise in rank or status
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- increase suddenly and significantly
- cause to jump or leap
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- make a sudden physical attack on
- enter eagerly into
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
- jump down from an elevated point
- be highly noticeable
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- run off or leave the rails
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- bypass
adj
verb
adj
name
noun
- (law, politics) Initialism of assembly bill.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of alkylbenzene.
- (medicine) Initialism of antibody.
- (ABDL) Initialism of adult baby.
- Initialism of asymmetric bars.
- Initialism of artificial breeding.
- (Australia, Adelaide, countable) A halal snack pack consisting of doner meat topped with chips, tomato sauce, chilli sauce, barbecue sauce, and garlic sauce.
- (countable) A person with this blood type.
- Initialism of able seaman or able-bodied seaman.
- Initialism of afterburner.
- Initialism of aid to the blind.
- A blood type of the ABO system that has both blood antigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB.
- (military, aviation) Initialism of airbase.
- the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens
- a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences
noun
- (skydiving) A rectangle of fabric that helps produce an orderly parachute deployment.
- (US, dialect) A red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rubriventris, syn. Pseudemys rugosa).
- Any skink in the genus Lerista, endemic to Australia.
- (cricket) A similar delivery in which the wrist and ring finger work to impart backspin to the ball.
- Synonym of slide (“child's play equipment”).
- A small sandwich, typically served in a warm bun.
- The movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth.
- (graphical user interface, Internet) A slideshow on a web page.
- A potentiometer with a linearly sliding control.
- An open-toed and backless sandal; a slide.
- (graphical user interface) A widget allowing the user to select a value or position on a sliding scale.
- A sliding door.
- A slider turtle, any turtle in the genus Trachemys, native to the Americas.
- (baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin and sidespin, resulting in a motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher.
- (curling) A piece of Teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe that allows the player to slide along the ice.
- freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets
- a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
- a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown
- someone who races the luge
verb
noun
verb
- fly around
- fall down, as if collapsing
- suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
- throw together in a confused mass
- put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
- roll over and over, back and forth
- fall suddenly and sharply
- understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- fall apart
- do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- (cryptocurrencies) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
- (transitive) To smooth and polish (e.g. gemstones or pebbles) by means of a rotating tumbler.
- (transitive) To throw headlong.
- (intransitive) To drop rapidly.
- (intransitive, informal) To have sexual intercourse.
- (intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
- (intransitive) To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
- To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
- (intransitive) To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
noun
verb
- fly around
- flow in a circular current, of liquids
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion
- cause to spin
- (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
- (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
- (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
- (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
noun
verb
noun
- (aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear.
- (uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
- (countable) A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
- (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
- (uncountable, slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
- Clothing; garments.
- (countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
- equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
- a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
- a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
adj
verb
- (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
- (engineering, intransitive) To be in gear, come into gear.
- (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
- (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
- To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
- set the level or character of
noun
verb
noun
noun
verb
- fly by means of a hang glider
- go or move upward
- rise rapidly
- fly a plane without an engine
- fly upwards or high in the sky
- To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
- To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
- (figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
- To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.
- (intransitive) To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
noun
noun
- the activity of flying a glider
- The act of gliding.
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
- a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
- The joining of two sounds without a break.
- A bird, the glede or kite.
- A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
- (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
- A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
- (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
verb
- fly in or as if in a glider plane
- cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
- move smoothly and effortlessly
- (transitive) To cause to glide.
- (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
- (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
noun
- the activity of flying a glider
- the departure of a vessel from a port
- riding in a sailboat
- the work of a sailor
- Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel.
- The time of departure from a port.
- Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise.
- (countable) A scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.
adj
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- An instance of flying.
- The act of flying.
- The act of fleeing.
- (collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
- An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
- (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
- (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
- The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
- A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
- A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
- Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
- The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
- A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
- (by extension) A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
- (US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
- An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
- A paper airplane.
- An air force unit.
- A series of stairs between landings.
- (advertising, broadcasting) An advertising campaign of fixed length.
- a formation of aircraft in flight
- a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
- a flock of flying birds
- the act of escaping physically
- passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
- a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- an instance of traveling by air
- an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- the path followed by an object moving through space
verb
noun
noun
- (informal) A parachute.
- A waterfall or rapid.
- A pen or passageway to constrain the movement of an animal, such as livestock being loaded for transport; the pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
- (nautical, slang, by extension) A spinnaker.
- (horse racing) An extension to a straightway on either the home stretch or the backstretch, to avoid having a turn at the start of the race.
- A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
- rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
- sloping channel through which things can descend
verb
noun
noun
noun
noun
noun
- A frit fly.
- Any of many black enamel dots baked in a graded pattern onto the glass around the edge of a windshield.
- (UK politics, derogatory) A politician who does not perform some action (for example answering a question or calling a vote) out of fear of losing.
- A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
- (archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
adj
verb
noun
- An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- descent with a parachute
- (film) Clipping of jump cut.
- (slang) Any abrupt increase; a sudden rise; a hike
- An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
- (mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
- (sports, equestrianism) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
- An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- (US, informal, automotive) Ellipsis of jump-start.
- (theater) Synonym of one-night stand (“single evening's performance”).
- A jumping move in a board game.
- A kind of loose jacket for men.
- The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
- An effort; an attempt; a venture.
- An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
- (architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
- An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
- (science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
- (with on) An early start or an advantage.
- (mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
- A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
- (programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
- (physics, hydrodynamics) An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
- a sudden involuntary movement
- an abrupt transition
- a sudden and decisive increase
- the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
- (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
verb
- (transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
- (intransitive, slang) To commit suicide.
- (intransitive, biology, of DNA) To switch locations on chromosomes.
- (transitive) To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
- (intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
- (transitive, smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
- (transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
- (transitive, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
- (transitive) To cause to jump.
- (cycling, intransitive) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
- (intransitive, programming) To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
- (transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
- To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
- (transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
- To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
- (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- (transitive) To pass (a traffic light) when it is indicating that one should stop.
- (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- (quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
- (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- (intransitive, figurative) To shift one's position or attitude, especially suddenly and significantly.
- rise in rank or status
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- increase suddenly and significantly
- cause to jump or leap
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- make a sudden physical attack on
- enter eagerly into
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
- jump down from an elevated point
- be highly noticeable
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- run off or leave the rails
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- bypass
noun
- (skydiving) A rectangle of fabric that helps produce an orderly parachute deployment.
- (US, dialect) A red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rubriventris, syn. Pseudemys rugosa).
- Any skink in the genus Lerista, endemic to Australia.
- (cricket) A similar delivery in which the wrist and ring finger work to impart backspin to the ball.
- Synonym of slide (“child's play equipment”).
- A small sandwich, typically served in a warm bun.
- The movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth.
- (graphical user interface, Internet) A slideshow on a web page.
- A potentiometer with a linearly sliding control.
- An open-toed and backless sandal; a slide.
- (graphical user interface) A widget allowing the user to select a value or position on a sliding scale.
- A sliding door.
- A slider turtle, any turtle in the genus Trachemys, native to the Americas.
- (baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin and sidespin, resulting in a motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher.
- (curling) A piece of Teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe that allows the player to slide along the ice.
- freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets
- a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
- a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown
- someone who races the luge
noun
- (aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear.
- (uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
- (countable) A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
- (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
- (uncountable, slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
- Clothing; garments.
- (countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
- equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
- a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
- a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
adj
verb
- (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
- (engineering, intransitive) To be in gear, come into gear.
- (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
- (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
- To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
- set the level or character of
noun
verb
noun
noun
verb
noun
verb
- fly around
- fall down, as if collapsing
- suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
- throw together in a confused mass
- put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
- roll over and over, back and forth
- fall suddenly and sharply
- understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- fall apart
- do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- (cryptocurrencies) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
- (transitive) To smooth and polish (e.g. gemstones or pebbles) by means of a rotating tumbler.
- (transitive) To throw headlong.
- (intransitive) To drop rapidly.
- (intransitive, informal) To have sexual intercourse.
- (intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
- (intransitive) To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
- To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
- (intransitive) To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
noun
verb
- fly around
- flow in a circular current, of liquids
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion
- cause to spin
- (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
- (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
- (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
- (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
noun
verb
verb
- fly by means of a hang glider
- go or move upward
- rise rapidly
- fly a plane without an engine
- fly upwards or high in the sky
- To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
- To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
- (figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
- To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.
- (intransitive) To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
noun
noun
- (informal) A parachute.
- A waterfall or rapid.
- A pen or passageway to constrain the movement of an animal, such as livestock being loaded for transport; the pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
- (nautical, slang, by extension) A spinnaker.
- (horse racing) An extension to a straightway on either the home stretch or the backstretch, to avoid having a turn at the start of the race.
- A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
- rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
- sloping channel through which things can descend
verb
noun
- the activity of flying a glider
- The act of gliding.
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
- a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
- The joining of two sounds without a break.
- A bird, the glede or kite.
- A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
- (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
- A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
- (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
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- fly in or as if in a glider plane
- cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
- move smoothly and effortlessly
- (transitive) To cause to glide.
- (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
- (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
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- (law, politics) Initialism of assembly bill.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of alkylbenzene.
- (medicine) Initialism of antibody.
- (ABDL) Initialism of adult baby.
- Initialism of asymmetric bars.
- Initialism of artificial breeding.
- (Australia, Adelaide, countable) A halal snack pack consisting of doner meat topped with chips, tomato sauce, chilli sauce, barbecue sauce, and garlic sauce.
- (countable) A person with this blood type.
- Initialism of able seaman or able-bodied seaman.
- Initialism of afterburner.
- Initialism of aid to the blind.
- A blood type of the ABO system that has both blood antigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB.
- (military, aviation) Initialism of airbase.
- the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens
- a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences