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Glided vs Golden - What's the difference?

glided | golden |

As a verb glided

is (us) (glide).

As a proper noun golden is

.

glided

English

Verb

(head)
  • (US) (glide)

    • Anagrams

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    glide

    English

    Verb

  • To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
  • * Wordsworth
    • The river glideth at his own sweet will.
  • * 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter VI
    • The water over which the boats glided was black and smooth, rising into huge foamless billows, the more terrible because they were silent.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 22 , author= , title=Man Utd 5 - 0 Birmingham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=But it was 37-year-old Giggs who looked like a care-free teenager as he glided across the pitch he knows so well to breathtaking effect.}}
  • To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft.
  • To cause to glide.
  • (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.

    • Synonyms

    * (to move effortlessly) coast, slide

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of gliding.
  • (linguistics) Semivowel
  • (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
  • A bird, the glede or kite.

    • Related terms

    * glider * gliding * offglide, off-glide * onglide, on-glide

    Anagrams

    * English ergative verbs English irregular verbs ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (head)

    • golden

    English

    Alternative forms

    * goulden (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made of, or relating to, gold.
    • She wore a golden crown.
  • Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold.
    • Under a golden sun.
  • Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
    • The Renaissance was a golden era.
    the Golden Horseshoe
  • Advantageous or very favourable.
    • This is a golden opportunity
  • Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
    • It's not long until our golden wedding.

    Derived terms

    * golden age * golden-ager * golden Alexanders * golden anniversary * golden aster * golden balls * golden boot * golden boy * golden brown * golden calf * golden chain * golden club * golden contact * Golden Delicious * golden eagle * goldeneye * Golden Fleece * Golden Gate Bridge * golden girl * golden glow * golden goose * golden hamster * golden handcuffs * golden handshake * golden hello * Golden Horde * Golden Horn * Golden Horseshoe * golden jubilee * golden lion tamarin * golden mean * golden nematode * golden number * golden oldie * golden opinions * golden opportunity * golden oriole * golden parachute * golden perch * golden pheasant * golden plover * golden rectangle * golden retriever * golden rice * golden robin * goldenrod * golden rule * goldenseal * golden section * golden share * golden shiner * golden shower * golden staph * Golden State * golden syrup * golden ticket * golden triangle * golden wattle * golden wedding, golden wedding anniversary * golden years * silence is golden

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become golden (in colour).
  • To make golden or like gold.
  • * 1994 , Marion H. Hedges, Iron City :
    • It goldened', as nothing else ' goldened , the commonplace countryside.

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