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glissade
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun glissade has 1 sense
- glissade(n = noun.act) Array - (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet; Array is a kind of dance step, step
Derived form verb glissade1
Verb glissade has 1 sense
- glissade(v = verb.motion) Array - perform a glissade, in ballet; Array is one way to dance
Derived form noun glissade1
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
glissade, n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.].
- A sliding, as down a snow slope. Tyndall. [1913 Webster]
- A dance step consisting of a glide or slide to one side. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
glissade, n. & v.
--n.
1 an act of sliding down a steep slope of snow or ice, usu. on the feet with the support of an ice-axe etc.
2 a gliding step in ballet.
--v.intr. perform a glissade.
--n.
1 an act of sliding down a steep slope of snow or ice, usu. on the feet with the support of an ice-axe etc.
2 a gliding step in ballet.
--v.intr. perform a glissade.
Etymology
F f. glisser slip, slide
THESAURUS
glissade
avalanche, coast, flit, float, flow, fly, glide, glissando, ice-skate, landslide, landslip, roller-skate, sail, scud, shoot, sideslip, skate, skateboard, ski, skid, skim, sled, sleigh, slick, slidder, slide, slide down, slip, slippage, slither, snowslide, snowslip, subsidence, sweep, toboggan
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