Meanings
noungliding (countable and uncountable, plural glidings)
plural glidings
- countableuncountableThe action or motion of something that glides.
- countableuncountableThe hobby, sport, or act of flying a glider.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of glide
adjectivegliding (not comparable)
- not comparableThat moves or changes with a glide.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish purjelentäminen
- purjelentäminenhobby, sport, or act of flying a glider
French vol à voile
- vol à voilehobby, sport, or act of flying a glider
German Segelflug
- Segelflughobby, sport, or act of flying a glider
Japanese 滑空, グライディング
- 滑空 (kakkū)hobby, sport, or act of flying a glider
- グライディング (guraidingu)hobby, sport, or act of flying a glider
Korean 글라이딩, 활공
- 글라이딩 (geullaiding)hobby, sport, or act of flying a glider
- 활공 (hwalgong)hobby, sport, or act of flying a glider
Polish szybownictwo
- szybownictwohobby, sport, or act of flying a glider
Swedish glidflygning
- glidflygninghobby, sport, or act of flying a glider
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with gliding
providingridingdecidinghidingslidingguidingdividingsidingpresidingoverridingabidingparaglidingcollidingcoincidingstridingbidingsubsidingbackslidingconfidingchidingderidingjoyridingblindsidingnondividing
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Cite this entry
APA
gliding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gliding
MLA
“gliding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gliding. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gliding,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gliding.
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