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slade

name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /sleɪd/
  • UK: /sleɪd/
  • rhymes with -eɪd
  • homophone: slayed
  • homophone: slaid
  • homophone: sleid
  • CMU ARPABET: S L EY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

name

Meaning 2

A place name:

An unincorporated community in Powell County, Kentucky, United States.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

name

Meaning 3

A place name:

A coastal village and townland on the Hook Peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland (Irish grid ref X 7498).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

name

Meaning 4

A place name:

A hamlet in Haverfordwest community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9416).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 5

A place name:

A hamlet in Penrice community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS4885).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 6

A place name:

A hamlet in Sheldon parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST1108).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 7

A place name:

A hamlet in Otterden parish, Maidstone district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9354).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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8

noun

Meaning 8

A valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, dialectal

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9

noun

Meaning 9

A hillside.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal

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10

noun

Meaning 10

A spade for digging peat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 11

The sole of a plough.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 斯萊德 /斯莱德 (Sīláidé) — surname
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