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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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lunge
English
Alternative forms
- longe (US)
Etymology
From French allonge, from Old French alonge, from alongier, from Vulgar Latin *allongare, from ad + Late Latin longare, from Latin longus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?nd?/
- Rhymes: -?nd?
Noun
lunge (plural lunges)
- A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
- A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing.
- An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.
- A fish, the namaycush.
Derived terms
- lunge whip
Translations
Verb
lunge (third-person singular simple present lunges, present participle lunging or lungeing, simple past and past participle lunged)
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to make) a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).
- I lunged at the police officer and made a grab for her gun.
- 2004, Louis L'Amour, Rustlers of West Fork
- With savage desperation the Indian lunged his horse straight at Hopalong and, knife in hand, leaped for him!
- (transitive) To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).
Translations
Anagrams
- Leung
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse lunga, from Proto-Germanic *lungô (literally “the light organ”), cognate with Norwegian lunge, Swedish lunga, German Lunge, English lung. The noun is derived from Proto-Indo-European *leng??- (“light, agile, nimble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?l???]
Noun
lunge c (singular definite lungen, plural indefinite lunger)
- (anatomy) lung
Inflection
Derived terms
- lungebetændelse
- lungekapacitet
- lungekræft
- lungetransplantation
References
- “lunge” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “lunge” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lun.d??e/
- Hyphenation: lùn?ge
Adverb
lunge
- Archaic form of lungi.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lungô (“the light organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *leng??- (“light, agile, nimble”). Compare Dutch long, English lung, Danish lunge, German Lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga.
Noun
lunge m or f (definite singular lunga or lungen, indefinite plural lunger, definite plural lungene)
- (anatomy) a lung
Derived terms
- lungebetennelse
- lungekreft
- lungeskade
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lungô (“the light organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *leng??- (“light, agile, nimble”). Akin to English lung.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²l????/
Noun
lunge f (definite singular lunga, indefinite plural lunger, definite plural lungene)
- (anatomy) a lung
Derived terms
- lungebetennelse
- lungekreft
- lungeskade
Further reading
- “lunge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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