glid

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɪd

Verb

glid

1. simple past and past participle of glide

   The boat glid across the lake gracefully.

Synonyms

• glided

Anagrams

• DILG, gild

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

glid

1. inflection of glida:
   1. present
   2. imperative

Old English

Adjective

glid

1. slippery

   Synonym: slipor

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “glid”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːd

Noun

glid n

1. sliding, gliding

   komma på glid

   start sliding

2. (figuratively, in "på glid") on the slide, at-risk (for delinquency or the like)

   ungdomar på glid

   at-risk youth

3. glide ((desirable) low friction)

   Vallan ger bra glid

   The ski wax provides good glide

4. a slide (act of sliding, for example on ice skates)
5. (slang) lube (short for glidmedel)

Declension

Declension of glid

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	glid	glids
	definite	glidet	glidets
plural	indefinite	glid	glids
	definite	gliden	glidens

Verb

glid

1. imperative of glida

References

• glid in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• glid in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• glid in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Volapük

Noun

glid (nominative plural glids)

1. greeting

Declension

declension of glid

	singular	plural
nominative	glid	glids
genitive	glida	glidas
dative	glide	glides
accusative	glidi	glidis
vocative 1	o glid!	o glids!
predicative 2	glidu	glidus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only