spec. A gradual cessation of a sound; a slight sound in which another ends; a glide.

Music and Phonetics. (See quots.)

General attributive (Phonetics), as voice glide, voice sound, voice stop, etc.

A downward glide in pitch or intonation. Cf. upglide, n.

A glide that terminates the articulation of a speech sound, when the vocal organs either return to a neutral position or adopt a position…

the gliding movement from one vowel component to another, as in a diphthong; also, = glide, n. 4.

(see quot.).

a vowel which cannot form a syllable by itself.

A glide produced at the beginning of articulating a speech sound. Cf. off-glide, n.

Phonetics. The (method or manner of) commencement of the articulation of a sound; an on-glide.

in Phonetics, the sound of a glide.

A falling glide used in the recitation of Vedic texts (see quots.). Also in extended use.

An upward glide.