glade
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5.4
- noun
- /ɡleɪd/
:
claro
- In a glade in the forest, a family rests in the sun.
Examples
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In the center of the glade was a cleared face of stone.
Fiction book (1994) -
In 1996, the Nature Conservancy moved to protect the unique glade habitat by purchasing land.
Academic text (2009) -
No, stop in the glade just ahead.
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In the middle of the glade, someone had carefully arranged a low table.
Fiction book (1993) -
Toward evening, he found a small glade, spread the quilt, gathered brushwood, and made a fire.
Fiction book (1992) -
A favorite place for lonesome cowboy games was in a glade behind one of the farther hills on the pasture.
Fiction book (1990) -
The wild glade is green, silver, and somewhat gold, too, with the autumn-touched grasses and poplars.
Academic text (2010) -
The shepherd led me to a glade near the pasture and pointed out a boulder taller than I was.
Fiction book (1995) -
At the far end of the glade, she skirted a pond frequented by red deer and herons.
Fiction book (2001) -
In a glade in the forest, a family rests in the sun.
Synonyms
2
2.8
An open area in a forest with few trees
Compounds
- US
A tall wild plant with palm-shaped leaves and small white flowers growing near rivers in eastern and central United States
How Open
Surface Forms
Etymology
Glade probably comes from an old English word glæd meaning 'bright' or 'shining'. Think of a sunny open space in a forest where light can reach the ground — that's why a glade is an open area with few or no trees.