Glade
[gleɪd]
Definition
(n.) An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
(n.) An everglade.
(n.) An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice.
Editor: Verna
Definition
n. an open space in a wood.—adj. Glā′dy having glades.
Inputed by Cyrus
Examples
- He rushed across the glade, Holmes and I at his heels. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- This second Eumaeus strode hastily down the forest glade, driving before him, with the assistance of Fangs, the whole herd of his inharmonious charge. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- There is a narrow path leading to it—a glade near the western pass, in the center of which is an altar inscribed Θε?ν. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Then the plane was overhead, its shadows passing over the open glade, the throbbing reaching its maximum of portent. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There was a glade, O reader! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We had broken suddenly into a lovely glade of greensward surrounded by ancient trees. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Besides, the moon waits on him; her beam, dim and vague as yet, fills the glade where he sits. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Whatever you can fight for, you can own; women-folk, spared captive, captured beast, forest glade, stone pit, or what not. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were big bare patches now on the southern slope of the open glade below them and the snow was all dropped from the pine trees. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Everybody was out of town, and I yearned for the glades of the New Forest or the shingle of Southsea. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Remain with me till then; wait till you see the cross on St. Sophia; and then return to your peaceful glades. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I leaned against the casement, and watched those two glorious creatures, till they disappeared in the forest-glades; and then I turned. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The exploration of the glades and swamps of Florida by three men extended over a period of five months in a minute search for fibrous woods of the palmetto species. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We climbed the steep path to its summit, through breezy glades of thorn and oak. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The sun was setting upon one of the rich grassy glades of that forest, which we have mentioned in the beginning of the chapter. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Typist: Ursula