1. The activity of flying a glider
   "Gliding provided a peaceful way to experience the joy of flight";
   - glide, sailplaning, soaring, sailing

1. Move smoothly and effortlessly
   "The figure skater glided across the ice"
    
2. Cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
   "She glided her hand over the fabric"
    
3. (air travel) fly in or as if in a glider plane
   "The hang glider glided down the mountainside"

Derived forms: glidings

See also: lapse

Type of: aviate, displace, flight, fly, flying, go, locomote, move, pilot, travel

Encyclopedia: Gliding