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HANG GLIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hang glide mean? 

HANG GLIDE (verb)
  The verb HANG GLIDE has 1 sense:

1. fly by means of a hang gliderplay

  Familiarity information: HANG GLIDE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HANG GLIDE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they hang glide  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it hang glides  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: hang glided  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: hang glided  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: hang gliding  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fly by means of a hang glider

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

hang glide; soar

Hypernyms (to "hang glide" is one way to...):

aviate; fly; pilot (operate an airplane)

"Hang glide" entails doing...:

glide (fly in or as if in a glider plane)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

hang gliding (gliding in a hang glider)


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