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glade

Noun
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An open space in a wood or forest. It is a literary word that many readers may know only vaguely.

Detailed Definition
A glade is a clearing or open stretch within woodland. In this poem, the evening is imagined as creeping up the glade, which helps create a hushed, pastoral atmosphere around the stream.
Example
Example in poetry:
“With her lengthening shade, / Creeping up the glade” places a glade as an open space among trees; “A deer lifted its head in the fern-lit glade” gives the woodland noun a visual setting; Keats’s wooded landscapes often move between enclosing forest and open clearing; “In the city park, a glade of mown grass opened between oaks” shows a modern urban use
Additional Notes
The word in “Creeping up the glade” is a somewhat literary term for a woodland clearing that some readers may need to look up.; Found in the poem, Clear and Gentle Stream by Robert Bridges
Also Known As
meadow clearing open space glen leaze
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