slade
/sleɪd/UK/sleɪd/
slade noun: a valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.
Noun (1)
slade (plural slades)
- A valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.
- Yet he slow in the slade of men of armys mo than syxty with his hondys.1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich]...
- The thick and well-growne fogge doth matt my smoother slades,
And on the lower Leas, as on the higher Hades
The daintie Clover growes (of grasse the onely silke)
That makes each Udder strout abundantly with milke.1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 13 p. 222
- A hillside.
Noun (2)
slade (plural slades)
- A spade for digging peat.
- The sole of a plough.
- The Bishop, wearing a gleaming cape of green and gold, raised his hand over the plough and the kneeling farmers: "God speed the plough: the beam and the mouldboard, the slade and the sidecap, the share and the coulters[…]in fair weather and foul, in success and disappointment, in rain and wind, or...1945 January 29, “Pattern Prays”, in Time Magazine
Proper noun capitalized: Slade
Slade (countable and uncountable, plural Slades)
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Powell County, Kentucky, United States.
- A coastal village and townland on the Hook Peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland (Irish grid ref X 7498).
- A hamlet in Haverfordwest community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9416).
- A hamlet in Penrice community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS4885).
- A hamlet in Sheldon parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST1108).
- A hamlet in Otterden parish, Maidstone district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9354).
slade meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
slade in Hindi
- स्लेड, स्लैड
slade in Tamil
- ஸ்லேடு
slade in Marathi
- स्लेड
slade in Bengali
- স্লেড
More languagesFewer languages
- slade in Telugu
- స్లేడ్
- slade in Malayalam
- സ്ലേഡ്
- slade in Kannada
- ಸ್ಲೇಡ್
- slade in Gujarati
- સ્લેડ
- slade in Odia
- ସ୍ଲେଡ୍
- slade in Nepali
- स्लेड
Forms of slade
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | slades |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Slades |
Origin of slade
From Middle English slade (“low-lying ground, a valley; a flat grassy area, glade; hollows of clouds; a creek, stream; a channel”), from Old English slæd (“valley, glade”), from Proto-West Germanic *slad, from Proto-Germanic *sladą (“glen, valley”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sladaną (“to glide, slip”) or Proto-Germanic *sladdaz (“to be slack, droop”). Compare Old Norse slóð (“track, trail”).
Unknown.
Words formed from slade
Words that rhyme with slade
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- abraid
- blockade
- cade
- fade
- glade
- raid
- upbraid
- abrade
- crusade
- esplanade
- invade
- lade
- unlaid
- upgrade
- brigade
- brocade
- cavalcade
- colonnade
- displayed
- glissade
- grenade
- paid
- palisade
- unlade
- afraid
- ambuscade
- arcade
- corrade
- degrade
- enfilade
- evade
- jade
- lemonade
- made
- maid
- persuade
- pomade
- spade
- unmade
- aide
- cannonade
- carbonade
- carronade
- clade
- cockade
- Dade
- decayed
- dragonnade
Questions about slade
- What does slade mean?
- Slade means a valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.
- What is slade in Hindi?
- Slade in Hindi is स्लेड, स्लैड. See Slade meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is slade?
- Slade can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce slade?
- Slade is pronounced /sleɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of slade?
- The plural of slade is slades.
Words near slade in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: slade (page history and authors); Slade (page history and authors); slade (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slade (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slade (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slade (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slade (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slade (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slade (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slade (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slade (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slade (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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