Gladed - Meaning, Definition & English Examples
Gladed is the past tense of glade, meaning to clear or open a forested area into a sunny, grassy space. It describes land transformed by removing trees to create a meadow-like clearing.
Definition:
Past tense of 'glade'; cleared or open space in a forest.
Synonyms:
cleared, open, brightened, thinned
Part of Speech:
verb
Antonyms:
overgrown, cluttered, dense
Common Collocations:
gladed path, gladed area, gladed clearing
Derivatives:
glade, glades, glading
Usage Tips:
Use 'gladed' to describe a forest area that has been cleared or opened up naturally or artificially.
Common Phrases:
sunlit glade, hidden glade, forest glade
Etymology:
Derived from Old English 'glæd,' meaning bright or shining; later referring to an open space in woods.
Examples:
- 1. The hikers rested in the newly gladed clearing.
- 2. The storm had gladed parts of the dense forest overnight.
- 3. They picnicked in the sunlit, gladed meadow.
- 4. The trail led through a beautifully gladed section of the woods.