glide
verb/ɡlaɪd/
Frequency rank: #9,257 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to move smoothly and continuously with little or no effort
Example sentence
The swan seemed to glide effortlessly across the still lake.
Synonyms & related words
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