slade
noun
(in some regional dialects) a grassy area, such as a small valley or gully, a clearing in a forest, or a hillside.
slades
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pluralof slade.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The night separated them over slades and over downs; and Modred came so far forth, that he was at London.
From Brut by Eugene Mason
And all his soul did wax amort To stars, to hills, to slades, to streams, And it but held that sorceress fair As one of dreams.
From Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems by Madison Julius Cawein
