glider

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Synonyms: glide, glided, slider, glides, guider, glader, glidder, gliden, grider, lider, glier

Antonyms: glide, glided, slider, glides, guider, glader, glidder, gliden, grider, lider, glier

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Noun

1. One who [[glide]]s.
2. {{senseid|en|Q2165278}} Any [[heavier-than-air]] [[aircraft]] optimised for unpowered flight; a [[sailplane]].
3. A [[pilot]] of glider aircraft.
4. Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the [[marsupial]] {{vern|gliding possum}}s of Australia.
5. {{synonym of|en|glide||cap affixed to base of legs of furniture}}.
6. A kind of [[garden]] [[swing]].
7. {{lb|en|cellular automata}} In the {{w|Game of Life}}, a particular [[configuration]] of five [[cell]]s that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
8. A [[vehicle]], of a usually [[motorised]] type, without a [[powertrain]]. {{attention|en|chiefly US, North America?}}
9. {{lb|en|entomology}} Any of various species of [[dragonfly]] that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the [[common glider]], {{taxlink|Tramea loewii|species}}, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.

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