Synonyms for glade

Grammar : Noun

Spell : gleyd

Phonetic Transcription : gleɪd

Définition of glade

Origin : "clear, open space in a woods," c.1400, perhaps from Middle English glode (c.1300), from Old Norse glaðr "bright" (see glad). Original meaning would be "bright (because open) space in a wood" (cf. French clairière "glade," from clair "clear, bright;" German Lichtung "clearing, glade," from Licht "light"). American English sense of "marshy grassland" (e.g. Everglades) first recorded c.1796.

noun dell

Example sentences :

Bright were the smiles under the spreading tent of the glade.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

Fully a half hour went by before he decided to cross the glade.
Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees

I heard yells behind me, and I saw my brother run across the glade.
Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad

"It's like that—at sunset—in the Witches' Glade," Jerry said slowly.
Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott

He led them toward the glade in which was the mysterious grave.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish

I went into the glade with a dry tongue rasping on the roof of my mouth.
Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro

In a glade apart was a knight clothed in black, John of Lancaster.
Extract from : « A Literary History of the English People » by Jean Jules Jusserand

There, in a glade down by the river's edge, were a cow moose and calf.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

He walked round the glade to see if he could discover any prints of her feet.
Extract from : « At the Back of the North Wind » by George MacDonald

Follow that till thou comest to a glade wherein is a great mound.
Extract from : « King Arthur's Knights » by Henry Gilbert

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