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glade

[ gleyd ]

noun

  1. an open space in a forest.


glade

/ ɡɪ /

noun

  1. an open place in a forest; clearing
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Derived Forms

  • ˈˌ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • l 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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We sprinted through the cypress glade, blind in the daylight, tripping over loose rocks.

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Once a thick forest with rolls stacked five high to the ceiling, it is now a small glade as stock runs low.

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The sylvan glade romanticism of “Emeralds,” the electric energy of “Rubies,” the glittering imperial court of “Diamonds.”

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Gia dreams of a small stump of umbilical cord sprouting from her own navel; later, she wanders, pregnant and naked, through a shadowy forest glade, a place of darkly enveloping refuge.

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We rumbled up out of the amphitheater just before sunset and pulled into a glade near a Maasai village.

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