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flee
English
Etymology
From Old English fl?on, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhan?, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-, *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”).
Cognate with Dutch vlieden, German fliehen, Icelandic flýja, Swedish fly, Gothic ???????????????????????????? (þliuhan). Within English, related to fly and more distantly to flow.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fli?/
- Rhymes: -i?
- Homophone: flea
Verb
flee (third-person singular simple present flees, present participle fleeing, simple past and past participle fled)
- (intransitive) To run away; to escape.
- (transitive) To escape from.
- (intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish.
Derived terms
- beflee
Related terms
- flight
Translations
Anagrams
- elfe, feel, fele, leef
Middle English
Noun
flee
- Alternative form of fle
Scots
Alternative forms
- fle, flei
Etymology
From Middle English flye, from Old English fl??e, fl?oge, from Proto-Germanic *fleug?. Compare English fly, Dutch vlieg, German Fliege.
Noun
flee
- fly
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glide
English
Etymology
From Middle English gliden, from Old English gl?dan, from Proto-West Germanic *gl?dan, from Proto-Germanic *gl?dan?, from Proto-Indo-European *??leyd?-.
Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??la?d/
- Rhymes: -a?d
Verb
glide (third-person singular simple present glides, present participle gliding, simple past glided or glid or (archaic) glode, past participle glided or glid or glidden or (archaic) glode)
- (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
- 1807, William Wordsworth, Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802, in Poems, in Two Volumes (Sonnet 14):
- The river glideth at his own sweet will:
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI:
- The water over which the boats glided was black and smooth, rising into huge foamless billows, the more terrible because they were silent.
- 1807, William Wordsworth, Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802, in Poems, in Two Volumes (Sonnet 14):
- (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- (transitive) To cause to glide.
- (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
Synonyms
- (to move effortlessly): coast, slide
Translations
Noun
glide (plural glides)
- The act of gliding.
- (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
- Synonyms: semivowel, semiconsonant
- (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
- A bird, the glede or kite.
- A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor.
- The joining of two sounds without a break.
- A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
Related terms
- glider
- gliding
- offglide, off-glide
- onglide, on-glide
Translations
Anagrams
- gelid, lidge, liged
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- glida (a infinitive)
- gli (short form)
Etymology
From Middle Low German gliden
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²?li??/
Verb
glide (present tense glid, past tense gleid, past participle glidd or glitt or glide, present participle glidande, imperative glid)
- to slip (to lose one's traction on a slippery surface)
- to glide (to move effortlessly)
References
- “glide” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Volapük
Noun
glide
- dative singular of glid
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian gl?da, from Proto-West Germanic *gl?dan, from Proto-Germanic *gl?dan?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lid?/, /??li?d?/
Verb
glide
- to glide, to slide
Inflection
Further reading
- “glide”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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