glide
v.v. to move smoothly and easily, as if you are sliding on ice or flying without using much power.
v. to move in a smooth, effortless manner, often without apparent propulsion or friction.
The skaters glide across the ice with grace.
The eagle began to glide over the valley, using the warm air currents to stay aloft without flapping its wings.
The swan appeared to glide effortlessly across the mirror-like surface of the lake, though its feet were working rhythmically beneath the water.
From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic glīdan, from Proto-Germanic glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleydʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida, Finnish liitää.
The verb is intransitive and does not take a direct object.