glider
Americannoun
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a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
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a porch swing made of an upholstered seat suspended from a steel framework by links or springs.
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a person or thing that glides.
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a person who pilots a glider.
noun
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an aircraft capable of gliding and soaring in air currents without the use of an engine See also sailplane
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a person or thing that glides
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another name for flying phalanger
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Etymology
Origin of glider
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at glide, -er 1
Example Sentences
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Of the 890 Glider Pilot Regiment personnel who took part in Varsity, more than 20% of them were killed or wounded.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025
Rory McGrath, a Carryduff native, said if a more frequent service, like the Glider, was available he would be open to using it.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025
The current Glider service, a fleet of purple-coloured articulated buses, links east and west Belfast.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025
Metro, Glider and Ulsterbus services returned on Friday with some diversions in place due ongoing road closures due to the storm.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025
Products of Berlin’s Viking Rowing Club, where they rowed as the Glider crew, they seemed, on average, to be a bit older than the Washington boys.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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