glade

CEFRC1

/ɡleɪd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An open grassy area in a forest.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An everglade.

Examples

  • The deer ran through the forest glade.

  • We found a sunny glade in the middle of the forest.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An open space in the ice on a river or lake.

  2. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.

  3. A bright surface of ice or snow.

More examples

In context

  • We walked into a peaceful glade.

  • a glade of ice

  • […] and meads and glades so eternally vernal, that the grass shot up by the spring, untrodden, unwilted, remains at midsummer.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”)).