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In some senses, inglide is marked as obsolete, poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
inglide
/ˈɪnˌɡlaɪ̯d/
noun 1verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
full
VERB + INGLIDE
given
INGLIDE + NOUN
waft
ADV.
noislessly
Definitions
noun
1
A brief transitional sound that precedes the main vowel in a diphthong or syllable, typically a short vowel-like segment at the onset of a nucleus.
Under certain conditions of stress, my vowels are lengthened or given an inglide.
For example, he always uses the -y, -w adjuncts as markers for upglides and -h as a symbol for an inglide.
verb
1
To glide softly or serenely into or upon something.
What though no bane inglide, Full waft each vein her tide, Each bone remain thy pride?
Have ye not lately op'd your pearly portals wide, As a sainted poet's soul did noislessly inglide?
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Under certain conditions of stress, my vowels are lengthened or given an inglide.
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For example, he always uses the -y, -w adjuncts as markers for upglides and -h as a symbol for an inglide.
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Got-caught distinction: The /ɔ/ vowel sound of words like talk, law, cross and coffee and the often homophonous /ɔr/ in core and more are tensed and usually raised more than in General American, varyi
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What though no bane inglide, Full waft each vein her tide, Each bone remain thy pride?
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Have ye not lately op'd your pearly portals wide, As a sainted poet's soul did noislessly inglide?
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