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Definition: Glade |
GladeNoun1. A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "glade" was first used: 1130s. (references) |
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Glade is a city located in Phillips County, Kansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 114.Geography
Glade is located at 39°40'57" North, 99°18'39" West (39.682582, -99.310965)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 114 people, 44 households, and 31 families residing in the city. The population density is 183.4/km² (473.0/mi²). There are 51 housing units at an average density of 82.0/km² (211.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 98.25% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 1.75% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 44 households out of which 38.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.6% are married couples living together, 4.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% are non-families. 27.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.59 and the average family size is 3.13. In the city the population is spread out with 28.1% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 115.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 100.0 males. The median income for a household in the city is $35,625, and the median income for a family is $39,375. Males have a median income of $28,750 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income for the city is $12,183. 5.4% of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 10.5% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Glade, Kansas."
Synonym: GladeSynonym: clearing (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concavity | Valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove; grot, grotto; alcove, cul-de-sac; gully; arch; (curve); bay; (of the sea). |
Opening | Alley, aisle, glade, vista. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Glade |
| English words defined with "glade": Bottom glade ♦ genus Napaea ♦ Laund ♦ Napaea ♦ To thrust to. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "glade": William. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "glade": Nemophily. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Den Glade ambulance (1970) Glade dage (1954) Den Glade skräddaren (1945) Grønkøbings glade gavtyve (1925) Den Glade løjtnant (1912) | |
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 | The fourth in a series of images that show the specialized "spyder" at work at the Glade Bekken restoration site. The spyder was used at the restoration site to prevent and minimize disturbance to the habitat. The machine crawls and walks over the surface as opposed to rolling over and flattening sensitive habitats. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | The fifth in a series of images that show the specialized "spyder" at work at the Glade Bekken restoration site. The spyder was used at the restoration site to prevent and minimize disturbance to the habitat. The machine crawls and walks over the surface as opposed to rolling over and flattening sensitive habitats. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | The staging area at the Glade Bekken restoration site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | The understory at Glade Bekken watershed is natural and desirable as spawning habitat for coho and chum salmon that are found in the streams in this watershed. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Another view of the stream channel at the Glade Bekken restoration site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | The pre-restored channel at the Glade Bekken restoration site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | The old roadfill at the Glad Bekken restoration site. the Glade Bekken restoration site. The spyder was used at the restoration site to prevent and minimize disturbance to the habitat. The machine crawls and walks over the surface as opposed to rolling and flattening surfaces. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | The first in a series of images that show the specialized "spyder" at work at the Glade Bekken restoration site. The spyder was used at the restoration site to prevent and minimize disturbance to the habitat. The machine crawls and walks over the surface as opposed to rolling over and flattening sensitive habitats. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | The second in a series of images that show the specialized "spyder" at work at the Glade Bekken restoration site. The spyder was used at the restoration site to prevent and minimize disturbance to the habitat. The machine crawls and walks over the surface as opposed to rolling over and flattening sensitive habitats. This image shows the spyder crawling. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | The third in a series of images that show the specialized "spyder" at work at the Glade Bekken restoration site. The spyder was used at the restoration site to prevent and minimize disturbance to the habitat. The machine crawls and walks over the surface as opposed to rolling over and flattening sensitive habitats. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
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| "Glade 1" by William Alatalo Commentary: "Snowboarding in the Glades at Jay Peak, VT." | "Deep in the Forest" by Vaughan James Commentary: "Leafy forest glade in low light." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Finally he arrived, by continual groping, at a glade where there was a heap of large whitish stones |
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| "Glade" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.80% of the time. "Glade" is used about 83 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.8% | 82 | 36,594 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.2% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 83 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "glade" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Glade | Last name | 1,000 | 18,210 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Glade, KS (city, FIPS 26325) |
Expressions using "glade": Belle Glade ♦ Belle Glade Camp ♦ Bottom glade ♦ Fairfield Glade ♦ Forest glade ♦ Gibbon Glade ♦ glade fern ♦ glade mallow ♦ Glade net ♦ Glade Spring ♦ Glade Valley ♦ grassy glade ♦ Meadow Glade. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "glade"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | lëndinë (gladden, grass, grass plot, green, greensward, lawn, Lea, lease, sward). (various references) | |
Arabic | فرجة في الغابة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | горска поляна (opening), блатиста местност (dismal, marshland). (various references) | |
Chinese | 沼澤 (marsh, swamp). (various references) | |
Czech | paseka (havoc), palouk (Lea), mýtina (clearing). (various references) | |
Danish | graesbevokset lysning (grass clearing, grassy clearing, grassy glade, park). (various references) | |
Dutch | met gras begroeide open plaats in bos (grass clearing, grassy clearing, grassy glade, park). (various references) | |
Farsi | فضای میان جنگل , سبزه میان جنگل , خیابان یاکوچه جنگل , درختستان (Brake, Grove, Woodland), بیشه (Brake, Brushwood, Forest, Grove, Wood). (various references) | |
Finnish | aukeama (double page, open place), aho (clearing). (various references) | |
French | clairière. (various references) | |
German | lichtung (clearing, opening), Waldwiese (clearing, opening). (various references) | |
Greek | έλοσ (Marsh, moor, morass, quagmire, swalle, swamp), ξέφωτο (clearing, open area), μικρή κοιλάσ, μικρή κοιλάδα, ανοικτόσ τόποσ εντόσ δάσουσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מפער (gap), מערה יער (forest clearing), קרחת יער (clearing). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tisztás (clear, clearing). (various references) | |
Italian | radura (clearing). (various references) | |
Manx | lhiondaig (grass plot). (various references) | |
Norwegian | lysning. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | adeglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | clareira (break, clearing, slash), caminho em floresta, aberta (break, opening). (various references) | |
Romanian | zãnoagã, rarişte, rãriş, poianã (break, opening), ochi (aim, cover, covet, eyes, Gemma, glances, link, loop, mesh, optic, orb, peeper, pink, pip, ring, scan, sight, stitch, suspect, take aim at, take sight, train, vortex), luminiş (clearance, opening), colnic (Hill, hillock). (various references) | |
Russian | поляна (clearing, meadow). (various references) | |
Scottish | loinn (a badge, charm, comeliness, good condition). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | proplanak (clearing, lawn, opening). (various references) | |
Spanish | claro (apparent, break, bright, bright interval, broad, celestial, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, clearing, clearly, crystal clear, dainty, definite, direct, discharged, distinct, evident, fair, gap, it is clear, light, lightsome, liquid, obvious, of course, opening, pellucid, plain, precise, rift, sure, thin, transparent, unshadowed, weak), calvero (clearing, unstocked area). (various references) | |
Swedish | skogsglänta, glänta (opening). (various references) | |
Thai | บริเวณที่โล่งในป่า. (various references) | |
Turkish | ormanda açıklığı, kayran. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | галява (clearing), болотиста місцевість (marshland), проталина. (various references) | |
Welsh | llannerch (patch, spot). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 17, Verse 21 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kardia de afronoV odunh tw kekthmenw authn ouk eufrainetai pathr epi uiw apaideutw uioV de fronimoV eufrainei mhtera autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Natus est stultus in ignominiam suam sed nec pater in fatuo laetabitur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Born is the fool in his shenshipe; but ne the fader in the fol shal glade. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 17, Verse 21 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Kadtong nanganak ug usa ka buang nakaangkon niini sa iyang kasub-anan; Ug ang amahan sa usa ka buang walay kalipay. |
| Chinese | 生 愚 昧 子 的 、 必 自 愁 苦 ． 愚 頑 人 的 父 、 毫 無 喜 樂 。 |
| Croatian | Tko rodi bezumna, na tugu mu je; a nije veseo ni otac budale. |
| Danish | Den, der avler en Tåbe, får Sorg, Dårens Fader er ikke glad. |
| Dutch | Wie een zot genereert, die zal hem tot droefheid zijn; en de vader des dwazen zal zich niet verblijden. |
| Finnish | Tyhmä on murheeksi siittäjällensä, ja houkan isä on iloa vailla. |
| French | Celui qui donne naissance à un insensé aura du chagrin; Le père d`un fou ne peut pas se réjouir. |
| German | Wer einen Narren zeugt, der hat Grämen; und eines Narren Vater hat keine Freude. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mendapat anak yang dungu berarti mendapat kesedihan; menjadi ayah anak yang bodoh tidak memberi kegembiraan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Orang yang telah memperanakkan seorang bodoh, ia itu akan mendapat susah, maka bapanya seorang bodoh tiada akan bersukacita. |
| Maori | ¶ Ka whanau he whakaarokore ma tetahi tangata, hei whakapouri tera mona: e kore ano hoki e koa te papa o te poauau. |
| Norwegian | Den som har en narr til sønn, får sorg av ham; en dåres far har ingen glede. |
| Portuguese | O que gera um tolo, para sua tristeza o faz; e o pai do insensato não se alegrará. |
| Rumanian | Cine dq nawtere unui nebun va avea kntristare, wi tatql unui nebun nu poate sq se bucure. - |
| Russian | тПДЙМ ЛФП ЗМХРПЗП, --УЕВЕ ОБ ЗПТЕ, Й ПФЕГ ЗМХРПЗП ОЕ РПТБДХЕФУС. |
| Spanish | Quien engendra al necio lo hace para su tristeza, y el padre del insensato no se alegrará. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "glade": glades. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "glade": everglade. (additional references) | |
Words containing "glade": everglades. (additional references) | |
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"Glade" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: clade, gada, gadde, gaddi, gadi, gado, galed, galtee, geade, Ghada, ghade, giade, gilad, glabe, Glads, glae, glaed, Glage, Glame, glande, glanded, glando, glane, Glase, Glaud, glaue, Gledy, glete, gliddo, gload, Glodex, Glyde, gnade, goade, Golledge, gtlad, guade, Guljaev, Gwlad, Oglada, tlade. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "glade" (pronounced glā"d) |
| 3 | -l ā" d | allayed, blade, delayed, Lade, laid, displayed, flayed, mislaid, overplayed, played, replayed, underplayed. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-l" | |
-1 letter: aged, dale, deal, egad, egal, gaed, gale, geld, glad, gled, lade, lead. | |
-2 letters: age, ale, dag, dal, del, eld, gad, gae, gal, ged, gel, lad, lag, lea, led, leg. | |
-3 letters: ad, ae, ag, al, de, ed, el, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-g-l" | |
+1 letter: agedly, angled, argled, beglad, daggle, dangle, gabled, galled, gaoled, gelada, glades, glared, glazed, goaled, lagend, lagged. | |
+2 letters: aligned, alleged, angeled, beglads, clagged, clanged, daggled, daggles, dangled, dangler, dangles, dealing, decalog, deglaze, draggle, flagged, flanged, gabbled, gaggled, gallied, galoped, gambled, garbled, gargled, gaveled, geladas, gelated, geoidal, glaceed, gladded, gladden, gladder, gladier, glaired, glaived, glanced, glandes, glassed, gleamed, gleaned, gloated, gnarled, haggled, jangled, lagends, lagered, laughed, leading, leagued, legated, ligated, mangled, plagued, regaled, slagged, slanged, tangled, ullaged, waggled, wangled. | |
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