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glade
/ɡleɪd/
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What does glade mean?
noun
- An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
- An everglade.
- An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
More meanings (4)
noun
- A bright surface of ice or snow.
- (obsolete) A gleam of light.
- (obsolete) A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɡleɪd/
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See this word in context.
But the snow-deep glade flashed by, the poplar trunks shut out the view, and we went on to our journey's end.
At the end of the glade the darkness increased, and was only relieved by little sparks reflected by the points of coral.
More book examples (3)
Finally, across a glade, not over a hundred and fifty yards away, we saw a solitary bull oryx standing under a bush.
Feeble as she was, she had wandered into a thicket a long way from the glade, and there she lay--fast asleep, of course.
On hir was ever al that his herte thoughte, Now this, now that, so faste imagininge, That glade, y-wis, can him no festeyinge.