glade

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Word Origin & History

"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.

Example Sentences for glade

Bright were the smiles under the spreading tent of the glade.

Fully a half hour went by before he decided to cross the glade.

I heard yells behind me, and I saw my brother run across the glade.

"It's like that—at sunset—in the Witches' Glade," Jerry said slowly.

He led them toward the glade in which was the mysterious grave.

I went into the glade with a dry tongue rasping on the roof of my mouth.

In a glade apart was a knight clothed in black, John of Lancaster.

There, in a glade down by the river's edge, were a cow moose and calf.

He walked round the glade to see if he could discover any prints of her feet.

Follow that till thou comest to a glade wherein is a great mound.

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clearing

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Synonyms for glade

clearing