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glider

[ glahy-der ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. a porch swing made of an upholstered seat suspended from a steel framework by links or springs.
  3. a person or thing that glides.
  4. a person who pilots a glider.


glider

/ ˈɡlaɪdə /

noun

  1. an aircraft capable of gliding and soaring in air currents without the use of an engine See also sailplane
  2. a person or thing that glides
  3. another name for flying phalanger
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glider1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; glide, -er 1
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Example Sentences

"The glider expansion will maybe mean less people are on the road in north Belfast."

From BBC

Another scene shows an aircraft towing a glider towards Pegasus Bridge - a role carried out by Enniskillen veteran Bill Eames, who died in 2020.

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He was returning from a ski trip in Mammoth when he learned of the evacuation orders for his Topanga home in the Santa Monica Mountains, said Steve Murillo, a longtime friend and fellow hang glider.

Lieutenant Dermod Green Anderson, a glider pilot who landed with his troops in a village northwest of Arnhem, was killed when an enemy shell exploded near his trench just hours before the evacuation order came.

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Smoke released from the leading plane allowed cameras installed in the towed aircraft to capture vortices in the air that a glider can exploit to stay aloft.

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