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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
glide .
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Examples
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They are always energising, and so the word glides from meaning the disposition, to meaning the manifestation and activities of it, and the 'grace' of our Lord is that love in exercise.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Alexander Maclaren 1868
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It is often said that Alan Sugar, businessman, entrepreneur and media personality, has travelled "from a council flat in Hackney to the House of Lords", but the tidiness of the phrase glides past the time he still necessarily spends on an industrial estate in Essex.
Alan Sugar ? the lord of all he surveys Sabine Durrant 2010
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Now he "glides," as Segway enthusiasts say, to work.
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In this wordless issue, full of many full-page splash panels, he just kind of glides around.
Quick Boom! Reviews David S. Carter 2007
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In this wordless issue, full of many full-page splash panels, he just kind of glides around.
Archive 2007-06-01 David S. Carter 2007
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After I have fallen over again, Nicky suggests I turn half of the little steps into 'glides'.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Further to the similar concept canvas shown off in 2003, this model gets photovoltaic fabric in three "glides" that move throughout the day to capture the sun's energy and use it to various techie ends.
Impact Lab 2009
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"When We Dead Awaken" is a symbolic lament about an aging sculptor who agrees to split from his free-spirited young wife once the shade of his old muse glides onto the scene.
'Maximum India' features a bold take on Ibsen, reading of Indian short stories 2011
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Or a wait staff that glides up to you on roller skates to deliver your order at one of 20 parking "stalls?"
Lance Mannion: 2010
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Or a wait staff that glides up to you on roller skates to deliver your order at one of 20 parking "stalls?"
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