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
Etymology
Origin of glider
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; glide, -er 1
Example Sentences
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Duncan Toys has been producing yo-yos, flying discs and model gliders in China, and Washington's escalating tariffs with Beijing last year similarly forced him to pause imports.
From Barron's
In Salem: In the original “Thomas Crown Affair,” a stuntman for Steve McQueen takes an acrobatic thrill ride in a glider to the film’s title track, “The Windmills of Your Mind.”
"The glider patrols through the depths of the ocean monitoring and listening for adversaries that might be in the area," says Fathom's programme manager Katie Raine.
From BBC
By the mid-1980s, Meyer was wealthy enough to retire, at age 59, to pursue his hobbies, which included flying airplanes and gliders.
The thing looked like a glider with a jet engine, its wings twice as long as its body, so long they drooped when the plane was at rest.
From Literature
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