Definitions for gliders

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gliders glid·er

Spelling: [glahy-der]

IPA: /ˈglaɪ dər/

Gliders is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 224 anagrams from letters in gliders (degilrs).

Definitions for gliders

noun

1. a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
2. a porch swing made of an upholstered seat suspended from a steel framework by links or springs.
3. a person or thing that glides.
4. a person who pilots a glider.

Origin of gliders

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at glide, -er¹

Examples for gliders

After looping once, as shown in Fig. 3, the glider descends in volplane.

But it seems that ten miles straight up is a bit too steep for a glider.

Occasionally someone climbed over it or crashed through it or dug under it, or made himself a glider and flew through it.

The wire used to truss the glider is No. 16 gauge piano wire.

He ordered built for him a glider of his own design for this particular purpose.

He'd flown before, on the commercial lines, but he'd never been in a glider.

The Daily Beast rounds up seven more, from the glider King to the flying taxi inventor.

"It hasn't got the glider," muttered Foulet and his tone was tinged with disappointment.

After this, Pilcher began to make plans for fitting an engine to his glider.

Lilienthal, “the glider King,” was the first person to make repeated, successful flights on a glider.