glade Definition
glade (glād)
noun
- an open space in a wood or forest
- ☆ an everglade
Etymology: ME < glad, glad: orig. sense prob. “bright, smooth place,” use similar to Ger lichtung, glade < licht, light, Fr clairière < clair, clear
glade Synonyms
glade Usage Examples
Converse of object
- create: In cloudy weather, the trees create a pale green healing glade to walk in.
- reach: JOANNA reaches the glade, now an unhappy lady who has got what she wanted.
- clear: By summer I have cleared a small glade of land, torn out every stubborn stump, dug up every clinging root.
- enter: In spring bluebells abound and in autumn you enter a colorful forest glade.
- enchant: Cup & Sorcerer Discover the enchanted glade and share a cup with family or friends.
Adjective modifier
- leafy: The image is a leafy glade, a take on Shakespeare's Midsummer's Nights Dream.
- grassy: A path leads through grassy glades to the wetlands, which are the main feature of the Torbay Road site.
- wooded: Hill Marquee Dining Arrive at our cozy Marquee set in a wooded glade of old pines at 1600ft.
- shady: Wilderness Walk, Skipton This is not so much a walk as a hidden shady glade.
- sunny: The butterflies usually oviposit on nettles growing in smallish clumps in sunny woodland glades, or in the vicinity of hedgerows.
- lovely: The area has been transformed into a lovely woodland glade, exposing the obvious ditch and mound formation of the round barrow.
Modifies a noun
- skiing: It provides great views of the lake and easy access to some of the best glade skiing in the whole of North America.
- creation: Coppicing a small section of the woodland, cutting the meadow and glade creation work will all enhance the site for wildlife.
Noun used with modifier
- woodland: We can then redesign a border, woodland glade, or indeed a full garden for you together with a detailed planting list.
- forest: In a clearing in the forest glades we found a fine palace built of cut stone.
Preposition: in
- woodland: This had the side effect of continually creating new glades in woodlands to replace those which had grown over with time.
- forest: Heathy glades in the forest are locally enriched with species such as nodding melick Melica nutans and stone bramble Rubus saxatilis.
Preposition: of
- tree: A small creek is bordered with a variety of bog plants under glades of large trees.
- pine: Hill Marquee Dining Arrive at our cozy Marquee set in a wooded glade of old pines at 1600ft.
Preposition: for
butterfly: Remove excess gorse and hawthorn to provide sheltered glades for this butterfly.
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