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
- 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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