glade
noun
an open space in a forest.
glades
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pluralof glade.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Across the UK, the ants have declined due to habitat loss, woodland fragmentation and changes in land management that have reduced the sunny woodland edges and glades they rely on.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Nature herself is more than shapeless irregularity; the woods have glades and groves, animal trails and vistas; like literature, they have rising and falling action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
What if we let some beavers chop down a few trees, creating little glades of open sky next to our ponds?
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2023
Genetic analyses indicate the pythons that live in the glades are all closely related.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
They went up to the small munching woodman, who did not seem to have seen them, and asked him where the glades were trading to.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
