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to hang glide

to hang glide

1 6.4
To fly with a lightweight glider hung below your body without an engine
  • phrasal verb
  • /hæŋ ɡlaɪd/
translation icon : volar en ala delta
  • You see, like the one thing I wanna do before I join the cosmos is to hang-glide off of Mount Everest.

Examples

  • This is a flying school where we're going to learn to hang glide.

  • Besides, I just don't think I have what it takes to scale a mountain or jump out of a plane or hang glide.

    Blog text (32)

  • And if Liane can marry a guy like Freakshow and I can hang-glide and I can ride a cheetah, then I guess...

    Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)

  • After that goal was attained, we would travel the world on a sailboat, which we'd call home, and learn to scuba dive and hang glide.

    Blog text (18)

  • You see, like the one thing I wanna do before I join the cosmos is to hang glide off of Mount Everest.

  • Besides, I just don't think I have what it takes to scale a mountain or jump out of a plane or hang glide.

Synonyms

to soar
vsto hang glide
97 1.8

To fly high and freely in the air like a bird or glider

is performed using a light non-motorized craft attached under the body
to sail
vsto hang glide
84 1.0

To move smoothly and easily through the air or over a surface

is a specific form of flying using a light craft attached under the body

Antonyms

to land
∞ 1.0

To come down and rest on a surface

grounded
4.4

Kept on the ground and not allowed to fly

How High

to soar
97 1.8
to ascend
54 4.0
to hang glide
1 6.4
to glide
89 2.9
to skim
1 2.9

Surface Forms

hang glide infinitive
hanging glide present participle
hang glides third person singular
hung glide past
hung glide past participle

Morphology

hang + glide

The meaning is directly compositional: 'hang' (to be suspended) plus 'glide' (to move smoothly through the air) yields the activity of flying suspended in a glider. This combination follows transparent verb+noun/verb compounding common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended meaning.

Etymology

Hang glide comes from the clear image of a person who hangs from a light wing and then glides gently through the air. So, it means 'to fly without a motor while your body hangs from a small, light wing'.