glade
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glade¹
- /ɡleɪd/
Rhymes with -eɪd
Where it comes from
From Middle English glade, glode, glede (“a gleam of light, bright space, an open space; an open or cleared space in a forest; a bright patch of sky; a bright surface of snow or ice”), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old English *glǣd, *glād, related to Old English glæd (“shining, bright”), (compare Old Norse glaðr (“bright”)).
noun glades
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An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
[…] and meads and glades so eternally vernal, that the grass shot up by the spring, untrodden, unwilted, remains at midsummer.
Similar: clearing
- An everglade.
- An opening in the ice on a river or lake.
- A bright surface of ice or snow. a glade of ice
- A gleam of light.
- A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.
Glade²
proper noun Glades
- A surname.
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noun open space in ice
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title = {glade},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
