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gleed

gleed is the alternative form of glede.

Meaning of glede

Noun (1)

glede (plural gledes)

  1. Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus.

Noun (2)

glede (plural gledes)

  1. A live coal; an ember.
    • His last throes splintered it to sparks and gledes.1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit [Chapter 14 - Fire and Water]

Forms of gleed

pluralgleeds

Questions about gleed

What is gleed the alternative form of?
Gleed is the alternative form of glede.

Words near gleed in the dictionary

  1. glee club
  2. glee clubs
  3. glee-beam
  4. glee-beams
  5. gleecraft
  6. gleed
  7. Gleedonian
  8. gleeds
  9. gleeful
  10. gleefull
  11. gleefully

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gleed (page history and authors); glede (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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