| Main Entry: | glide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move smoothly and quickly on a surface |
Synonyms: |
coast, decline, descend, drift, flit, float, flow, fly, glissade, roll, run, sail, scud, shoot, skate, skim, skip, skirr, slide, slink, slip, slither, smooth along, soar, spiral, stream, trip, waft, wing |
| Main Entry: | sail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel through water, air; glide |
Synonyms: |
boat, captain, cast anchor, cast off, cross, cruise, dart, drift, embark, flit, float, fly, get under way, leave, make headway, motor, move, navigate, pilot, put to sea, reach, run, scud, set sail, shoot, skim, skipper, skirr, soar, steer, sweep, tack, voyage, weigh anchor, wing |
| Main Entry: | shoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dash |
Synonyms: |
boil, bolt, charge, chase, dart, flash, fling, fly, gallop, hotfoot, hurry, hurtle, lash, pass, race, reach, run, rush, scoot, skirr, speed, spring, spurt, streak, tear, whisk, whiz |
| Notes: | a chute is a sloping channel through which things can descend; shoot, as a noun, is a sprout, a bud, young leaf, or other new growth on a plant; shoot, as a verb, means to hit with a missile from a weapon - fire a shot - make a film or photograph of something - move quickly and violently |
Antonyms: |
walk |
| Main Entry: | skim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glide over quickly, lightly |
Synonyms: |
brush, carom, coast, dart, float, fly, graze, kiss, ricochet, sail, scud, shoot, skate, skip, skirr, skitter, smooth along, soar, trip |
Antonyms: |
pour |
| Main Entry: | skip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce or jump over |
Synonyms: |
bob, bolt, bound, buck, canter, caper, carom, cavort, dance, flee, flit, fly, frisk, gambol, glance, graze, hippety-hop, hop, leap, lope, make off, prance, ricochet, run, scamper, scoot, skedaddle, skim, skirr, skitter, spring, step, tiptoe, trip |
| Main Entry: | glissade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glide |
Synonyms: |
coast, decline, descend, drift, flit, float, flow, fly, lapse, roll, run, sail, scud, shoot*, skate, skim, skip, skirr, slide, slink, slip, slither, smooth along, soar, spiral, stream, trip, waft, wing |
| Main Entry: | skitter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | skip |
Synonyms: |
bob, bolt*, bound, buck, canter, caper, carom, cavort, dance, flee, flit, fly*, frisk, gambol, glance, graze, hippety-hop, hop, leap, lope, make off, prance, ricochet, run, scamper, scoot, skedaddle, skim, skirr, spring*, step, tiptoe, trip* |