تعریف فرهنگ لغت فعل "سرخوردن" این است که به آرامی و پیوسته حرکت کنید، گویی بدون تلاش یا مقاومت، اغلب در هوا یا آب. همچنین می‌تواند به معنای حرکت یا پیشرفت با تلاش یا دشواری کم یا بدون، عبور نامحسوس از یک ایده یا موضوع دیگر، یا نواختن یک نت موسیقی با تغییر مداوم در گام باشد. به عنوان یک اسم، "گلاید" به یک حرکت صاف و مداوم، مانند یک سرسره زیبا یا یک پرواز آرام اشاره دارد.
1. People, who barely shuffle without music, glide across the dance floor as though the conditions they have no longer exist.
2. From billows a thousand times more stupendous than any I have ever seen, we glide away with the facility of the arrowy sea-gull and the colossal waters rear their heads above us like demons of the deep, but like demons confined to simple threats and forbidden to destroy.
3. The crew glide to and fro like the ghosts of buried centuries their eyes have an eager and uneasy meaning and when their fingers fall athwart my path in the wild glare of the battle-lanterns, I feel as I have never felt before, although I have been all my life a dealer in antiquities, and have imbibed the shadows of fallen columns at Balbec, and Tadmor, and Persepolis, until my very soul has become a ruin.
4. It was there he could hear her voice glide almost like a spell that fogged his mind and threatened to leave him senseless.
5. He spread out his wings to glide closer and she reached out, grabbing him then releasing him quickly once he was clear of the window frame.
6. The walls seemed to glide smoothly past, and the elevator door to slide towards us, and I barely felt my boots touch the floor as I hurried after him.
7. I glide around the room, from the counter to the refrigerator and back to the cupboard.
8. CAM SIGHED, as every glide of her skates showcased her inner turmoil.
9. I glide my fingers across his back, feeling thick cords of muscle, before sinking my fingers into his hair.
10. The misty rain and the darkness made it difficult to make out details, but he moved in a disturbing glide, his pale face floating through the night.