Glade Meaning
/ɡleɪd/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
nounAn everglade.
Sentence Examples
The deer ran through the forest glade.
We walked into a peaceful glade.
We found a sunny glade in the middle of the forest.
CEFR Practice Quiz
We stopped to rest in the sunny ____ surrounded by tall trees.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We stumbled upon a beautiful ____ in the center of the forest where the sunlight was streaming through the trees.
Word Origin & History
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”)).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…] are creating more "glades," or cleared trails through the woods, for less experienced (blue) skiers. They're a throwback to the first days of skiing, before resorts cut wide swaths of trees, and machines rolled and packed the snow."
— 2003 November 23, Newsweek, Travel, In The Trees:
"[…] and meads and glades so eternally vernal, that the grass shot up by the spring, untrodden, unwilted, remains at midsummer."
— 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 22”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
We stopped to rest in the sunny ____ surrounded by tall trees.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We stumbled upon a beautiful ____ in the center of the forest where the sunlight was streaming through the trees.