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glade

/ɡleɪd/

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What does glade mean?

noun

  1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
  2. An everglade.
  3. An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. A bright surface of ice or snow.
  2. (obsolete) A gleam of light.
  3. (obsolete) A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɡleɪd/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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But the snow-deep glade flashed by, the poplar trunks shut out the view, and we went on to our journey's end.
Ernest Thompson SetonAnimal HeroesProject Gutenberg ebook #2284
At the end of the glade the darkness increased, and was only relieved by little sparks reflected by the points of coral.
Jules VerneTwenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #164
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.
Stewart Edward WhiteThe Land of FootprintsProject Gutenberg ebook #1378
Feeble as she was, she had wandered into a thicket a long way from the glade, and there she lay--fast asleep, of course.
George MacDonaldAt the Back of the North WindProject Gutenberg ebook #225
On hir was ever al that his herte thoughte, Now this, now that, so faste imagininge, That glade, y-wis, can him no festeyinge.
Geoffrey ChaucerTroilus and CriseydeProject Gutenberg ebook #257