Glide and Speed

Glide

Glide verb - To move or proceed smoothly and readily.

Usage example: looking for a college course that he could just glide through

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Speed and glide are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Speed" instead a verb "Glide".

Nearby Words: glided, gliding, glider

Speed verb - To proceed or move quickly.

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Glide and speed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Glide" instead a verb "Speed".

Nearby Words: speedy, speeding, speeded, speeder, speedway

amount	glide amount	speed amount
planes	glide planes	speed planes

Not Quite Flight: Bubsy, keeping true to the series he was born from, can glide while in mid-air to prevent taking falling-damage/death, slowing him down to about 1/3 his falling speed.

Source: Video Game / Naferia's Reign: Invasion of the Dark Mistress
Also Rouge flies (she can only glide in-game), Tails flies way better than he actually can, and Sonic generally moves a lot faster than you'll be able to ever move him outside of the mach speed sections.

Source: Cutscene Power to the Max
It acts like a mega jump, it allows you to glide, and then you can fall on enemies at high speed to kill them.

Source: Game Breaker / Super Mario Bros.

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