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glade

[ gleyd ]

noun

  1. an open space in a forest.


glade

/ ɡleɪd /

noun

  1. an open place in a forest; clearing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈgladeˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From

  • gladelike adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glade1

1520–30; akin to glad 1, in obsolete sense “bright”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glade1

C16: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to glad 1(in obsolete sense: bright); see gleam
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Example Sentences

Miles of terrain, amazing glades, and the tram is truly unique.

The device’s ergonomic shape and low-profile harness make it comfortable to wear and easy to forget about until you need it, and the advertised 50-meter range held up during tests in the glades of the Sangre de Cristos and in the Alaskan alpine.

The open glades, good backcountry access, and over 2,100 feet of vertical drop will make you feel like you’re out west.

If you look, you can still see them, silvery and prone, littered across the glades.

Off-trail there’s enough rocker here to make the new Kenjas easy to pivot in glades and bumps, but there’s not enough width for powder days that are deeper than the third buckle on your boots.

Lowell was in the lead, and he turned his horse and motioned to the sheriff to remain hidden in the trees that skirted the glade.

A great throng of people were gathered around it in a half-circle, their backs to the open glade, their faces towards the oak.

In a tiny glade, with the mountain walls rising precipitously for hundreds of feet, Talpers halted and gave three shrill whistles.

On his right an open glade revealed to him the dark gorge through which the Cluden thundered.

The half-breed helped Helen dismount and told her to go to his tent, a small, pyramid affair at one end of the glade.

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