Definition of Glide by

1. Verb. Pass by. "Three years elapsed"

Exact synonyms: Elapse, Go Along, Go By, Lapse, Pass, Slide By, Slip Away, Slip By
Generic synonyms: Advance, Go On, March On, Move On, Pass On, Progress
Specialized synonyms: Fell, Fly, Vanish
Derivative terms: Lapse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glide By

glibness
glibnesses
glibs
glicentin
glicke
glickes
gliclazide
glid
glidant
glidden
glidder
gliddery
gliddest
glide
glide-bomb
glide by (current term)
glide path
glide ratio
glide slope
glided
glidepath
glidepaths
glider
glider gun
gliders
glides
glidest
glideth
gliding
gliding bacteria

Literary usage of Glide by

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Hand-book of English Literature by Francis Henry Underwood (1879)
"... a Hindu philosopher remarked, that he who stands by the bank of a flowing stream sees, in their order, the various parts as they successively glide by, ..."

2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1859)
"And the years glide by. A maiden stands by the rose-bush fair, The dewy blossoms perfume the air; She presses her hand to her throbbing breast, ..."

3. Poetry as a Representative Art: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics by George Lansing Raymond (1899)
"Sweetly it rests and on dream-wings Sies To play with the angels in paradise : And the years glide by. A maiden stands by the rose-bush fair. ..."

4. Our Animal Friends: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1894)
"On a September day, when the forest is quiet save for the rustling of the leaves overhead, the moose will glide by like a shadow. ..."

5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1859)
"And the years glide by. A maiden stands by the rose-bush fair, ... And the years glide by. Weary TIME pauses for a moment, and looks back on the grave of ..."

6. Notes of Thought by Charles Buxton, John Llewelyn Davies (1883)
"... whether in painting, sculpture, or building; were we trained to every kind of manly exercise ;—why, how much more cheerfully would our lives glide by ! ..."

7. The Association Review by American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf (1908)
"It might perhaps be worth while considering the advisability of indicating a consonantal glide by a consonant symbol written on a small scale, ..."

8. A Hedonist's Guide to Prague by Tremayne Carew Pole (2004)
"In summer, you can enjoy sitting outside and watching Prague's wealthy shoppers glide by in the sunshine. After dark, and in winter, the vibrant mix of ..."

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