simple past tense and past participle of glide

Petaurus breviceps, an omnivorous gliding arboreal marsupial, endemic to mainland Australia and New Guinea, and introduced to Tasmania in 1835.

plural of sugar glider

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of glide

One who glides. / Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane. / A pilot of glider aircraft. / Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the gliding possum.

(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly. / (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish. / (transitive) To cause to glide.

The act of gliding. / (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel. / (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.

(intransitive) To fly a hang glider.

An unpowered aircraft resembling a large kite from which a rider is suspended in a harness. / The rider of such a craft.

plural of glider