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glade

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glade  (gld)
n.
1. An open space in a forest.
2. An everglade.
[Middle English, perhaps from glad, bright and shining; see glad1.]
glade [gleɪd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) an open place in a forest; clearing
[of uncertain origin; perhaps related to glad1 (in obsolete sense: bright); see gleam]
gladelike  adj
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Noun1.gladeglade - a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
clearing
parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land
Translations
glade [gleɪd] N → claro m
glade [ˈgleɪd] n → clairière f
glade
n → Lichtung f
glade [gleɪd] n → radura
glade [gleɪd] n → radura


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Follow yonder green path till it leads you into a little grassy glade, where is a crystal well and a hut of woven boughs hard by, and you shall see her whom you seek.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
We occupied, in this place, the centre of a vast glade surrounded by the lofty foliage of the submarine forest.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
At the end of a broad avenue of firs a cool green glade spread its grassy carpet in the midst of the surrounding plantation.
Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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