Past tense of glide
regular verb
The past tense of glide is glided or glid. The past participle is glided, glid or glidden.
Forms of glide
| Base form (V1) | glide /ˈɡlaɪd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | glided glid /ˈɡlɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | glided glid /ˈɡlɪd/ glidden |
| Present participle | gliding /ˈɡlɑɪdɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | glides /ɡlaɪdz/ |
Glided and glid in a sentence
- 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.2011 January 22, “Man Utd 5 - 0 Birmingham”, in BBC
- Although he had never skated before, he took to it quickly, and soon glided around the ice with ease.From the entry take to
- Kiron maneuvered the jetter around obstacles, and glided into the open ocean.2018, Aurora Springer, Rishalt. From the entry jetter
- HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots.2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22…. From the entry Gibraltar
- His hoverchair rose in the corner and glided over to him, positioning itself at his side.2005, Gregory Bernard Banks, Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death and Life. From the entry hoverchair
Meaning of glide
- verb To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
- verb To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- verb To cause to glide.
Questions about the past tense of glide
- What is the past tense of glide?
- The past tense of glide is glided or glid.
- What is the past participle of glide?
- The past participle of glide is glided, glid or glidden.
- Is glide a regular or irregular verb?
- Glide is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: glide (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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