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Glide

The glede or kite.

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Manner of action 13

Coast 76% connected

The side of a thing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Kite 76% connected

Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plane 76% connected

Any tree of the genus Platanus.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Skate 76% connected

A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Skid 76% connected

A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Skim 76% connected

To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slew 76% connected

of Slay

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slide 76% connected

To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slip 76% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slue 76% connected

A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Snake 76% connected

Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Soar 76% connected

To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Surf 76% connected

The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach.

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Broader term 11

Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flight 76% connected

The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fly 76% connected

To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flying 76% connected

of Fly

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Motion 76% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pilot 76% connected

One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Narrower term 4

Palatal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.

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Skid 76% connected

A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slip 76% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Yer 76% connected

Ere; before.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Glider 74% connected

One who, or that which, glides.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Glider 74% connected

One who, or that which, glides.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Gliding 74% connected

of Glide

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Gliding 74% connected

of Glide

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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See also 2

Lapse 66% connected

A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…

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Lapse 66% connected

A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Coast 92% connected

The side of a thing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Gliding 92% connected

of Glide

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sailing 92% connected

of Sail

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Semivowel 92% connected

A sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of both, as in the English w and y.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slide 92% connected

To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Soaring 92% connected

of Soar

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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