GLADE
What does "GLADE" mean?
An open, often grassy clearing within a forest or wood.
Meanings
- An open space surrounded by trees in a wood or forest. Sunlight pooled in the glade where the deer had stopped to graze.
- An everglade or marshy open tract, chiefly in regional and place-name use. The trail wound past a wet glade thick with sawgrass.
Word origin
Of uncertain origin, recorded in English from the 16th century; commonly linked to the word 'glad' in an older sense of 'bright, shining', a glade being a bright open spot in dark woods.
Remember it
A glade is where the woods turn GLAD - swap one letter and a bright clearing opens up.
A little poem
Trees step back, and light
spills onto a ring of grass-
the forest exhales.
haiku
What it teaches
Every dense wood holds a clearing; keep walking until the light has room to land.
Quick facts
What does GLADE mean?
An open, often grassy clearing within a forest or wood.
Is GLADE a valid word?
Yes — GLADE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GLADE?
GLADE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does GLADE come from?
Of uncertain origin, recorded in English from the 16th century; commonly linked to the word 'glad' in an older sense of 'bright, shining', a glade being a bright open spot in dark woods.
What can GLADE teach us?
Every dense wood holds a clearing; keep walking until the light has room to land.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.