Glided

/ˈɡlaɪdɪd/ verb

Definition

Past tense of glide: moved smoothly and continuously without visible effort or abrupt changes.

Etymology

From Old English 'glidan' meaning to slip, slide, or move smoothly. The past tense uses the regular '-ed' suffix in modern English.

Kelly Says

Birds actually glide more than they fly—when a hawk glided in an updraft without flapping, it was solving an energy problem that aeronautical engineers still study today.

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