glider









glider


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.

noun

  1. an aircraft capable of gliding and soaring in air currents without the use of an engineSee also sailplane
  2. a person or thing that glides
  3. another name for flying phalanger
n.

mid-15c., “person or thing that glides,” agent noun from glide. Meaning “motorless airplane” is c.1897.

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