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downglides

downglides is the plural of downglide.

Meaning of downglide

Noun

downglide (plural downglides)

  1. A downward glide.
    • Assuming that upglides signal tentativeness, interpersonal meaning and doubt, stereotypical belief would expect women to favour upglides rather than downglides.2011, Britta Mondorf, Gender Differences in English Syntax, page 56

Questions about downglides

What is downglides the plural of?
Downglides is the plural of downglide.

Words near downglides in the dictionary

  1. downgauges
  2. downgauging
  3. downgaze
  4. downgazes
  5. downglide
  6. downglides
  7. downgliding
  8. downgoing
  9. downgoings
  10. downgone
  11. downgradable

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