GLISSADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glissade mean? 

• GLISSADE (noun)
  The noun GLISSADE has 1 sense:

1. (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet

  Familiarity information: GLISSADE used as a noun is very rare.

• GLISSADE (verb)
  The verb GLISSADE has 1 sense:

1. perform a glissade, in ballet

  Familiarity information: GLISSADE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLISSADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("glissade" is a kind of...):

dance step; step (a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance)

Domain category:

ballet; concert dance (a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers)

Derivation:

glissade (perform a glissade, in ballet)

• GLISSADE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they glissade    ... he / she / it glissades   
Past simple: glissaded   
Past participle: glissaded   
-ing form: glissading   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perform a glissade, in ballet

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "glissade" is one way to...):

dance (move in a graceful and rhythmical way)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

glissade ((ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet)