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overglide

overglide verb: to glide over.

Verb

overglide (third-person singular simple present overglides, present participle overgliding, simple past and past participle overglided)

  1. To glide over.
    • that ſonne the wych was neuer clowd cowd hide
      percyth the cave, and on the harpe diſcendes
      whoſe glancỹg light the cordes did ouerglyde
      And ſuch luyſter apon the harpe extendesc. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Penitential Psalms”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 91r

Forms of overglide

third-person singular presentoverglides
present participleovergliding
past participleoverglided
pastoverglided

Origin of overglide

From over- + glide.

Questions about overglide

What does overglide mean?
Overglide means to glide over.
What part of speech is overglide?
Overglide is a verb.
What is the past tense of overglide?
The past tense of overglide is overglided.

Words near overglide in the dictionary

  1. overglancing
  2. overglaze
  3. overglazed
  4. overglazes
  5. overglazing
  6. overglide
  7. overglided
  8. overglides
  9. overgliding
  10. overgloom
  11. overgloomed

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