Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gliding

1 sense of gliding

Sense 1
glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing -- (the activity of flying a glider)
       => flight, flying -- (an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb glide

3 senses of glide

Sense 1
glide -- (move smoothly and effortlessly)
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")
          Phrasal Verb-> glide by#1

Sense 2
glide -- (fly in or as if in a glider plane)
       => fly, aviate, pilot -- (operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba")

Sense 3
glide -- (cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly)
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")