Synonyms of the word

gliding

• n. The action or motion of something that glides.
• n. The hobby, sport, or act of flying a glider.
• v. present participle of glide.

flight

• n. The act of flying.
• n. An instance of flying.
• n. A collective term for doves or swallows.
• n. A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or…
• n. A set of stairs or an escalator. A series of stairs between landings.
• n. A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
• n. A feather on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
• n. A paper plane.
• n. (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.
• n. The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
• n. An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
• n. An air force unit.
• n. Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full…
• n. (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
• adj. (obsolete) Fast, swift.
• v. (cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than…
• v. (sports, by extension, transitive) To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or…
• n. The act of fleeing.

flying

• adj. That can fly.
• adj. Brief or hurried.
• adj. (nautical, of a sail) Not secured by yards.
• n. An act of flight.
• v. present participle of fly.

glide

• v. (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
• v. (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
• v. (transitive) To cause to glide.
• v. (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
• n. The act of gliding.
• n. (phonology) Semivowel.
• n. (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant…
• n. A bird, the glede or kite.
• n. A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor.

sailing

• n. Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise.
• n. Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel.
• n. the time of departure from a port.
• n. (countable) a scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.
• adj. Travelling by ship.
• v. present participle of sail.

sailplaning

• v. present participle of sailplane.

soaring

• v. present participle of soar Mounting on the wing; rising aloft; towering in thought or mind.
• n. The act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind; intellectual flight.
• adj. assurgent, ascending.