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Overview of noun glad

      »   The noun glad has 1 meanings (no senses from tagged texts)

• gladiolus, Gladiola1.) Gladiolus, gladiola, glad, sword lily -- (any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated)
  
  gladiola, glad, Sword1.) Sword, blade, brand, steel -- (a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard)
  
  sword lily -- (any of Numerous1.) Numerous -- (amounting to a large indefinite number; "numerous times"; "the family was numerous")
  
  numerous plants of the Genus1.) Genus -- (a general kind of something; "ignore the genus communism")
  
  2.) Genus -- ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)
  
  genus Gladiolus Native1.) Native, indigen, indigene -- (a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous person)
  
  1.) Native -- (characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad")
  
  native chiefly to Tropical1.) Tropical, tropic -- (relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit")
  
  2.) Tropical -- (of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic; "tropical year")
  
  tropical and South1.) South -- (the region of the United States lying south of the Mason-Dixon line)
  
  2.) Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland -- (the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861)
  
  South Africa having sword-shaped Leaves1.) Leaf, leafage, foliage -- (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)
  
  2.) Leaf, folio -- (a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book))
  
  leaves and one-sided Spikes1.) Spike -- (a transient variation in voltage or current)
  
  2.) Spike -- (sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes; "spikes provide greater traction")
  
  spikes of Brightly1.) Brilliantly, brightly, bright -- (with brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright")
  
  brightly colored funnel-shaped Flowers1.) Flower -- (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
  
  2.) Flower, bloom, blossom -- (reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts)
  
  flowers; widely cultivated)

Overview of adj glad
      »   The adj glad has 4 meanings (first 3 from tagged texts)

• glad -- (Showing1.) Screening, showing, viewing -- (the display of a motion picture)
  
  2.) Display, exhibit, showing -- (something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art")
  
  showing or Causing1.) Causing, causation -- (the act of causing something to happen)
  
  1.) Cause, do, make -- (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident")
  
  causing joy and Pleasure1.) Pleasure, pleasance -- (a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure")
  
  2.) Joy, delight, pleasure -- (something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight")
  
  pleasure; especially Made1.) Make, do -- (engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution")
  
  2.) Make, get -- (give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear")
  
  made happy; "glad you are here"; "glad that they succeeded"; "Gave1.) Give -- (cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold")
  
  2.) Yield, give, afford -- (be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information")
  
  gave a glad shout"; "a glad smile"; "Heard1.) Hear -- (perceive (sound) via the auditory sense)
  
  2.) Learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see -- (get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted")
  
  heard the glad news"; "a glad occasion")

• glad, Happy1.) Happy -- (enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage")
  
  2.) Felicitous, happy -- (marked by good fortune; "a felicitous life"; "a happy outcome")
  
  happy -- (Eagerly1.) Eagerly, thirstily -- (with eagerness; in an eager manner; "the news was eagerly awaited")
  
  eagerly disposed to Act1.) Act, enactment -- (a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body)
  
  2.) Act, human action, human activity -- (something that people do or cause to happen)
  
  act or to be of Service1.) Service -- (work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services")
  
  2.) Service -- (a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation)
  
  service; "glad to help")

• glad -- (Feeling1.) Feeling -- (the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual")
  
  2.) Impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion -- (a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying")
  
  feeling happy Appreciation1.) Appreciation, grasp, hold -- (understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices")
  
  2.) Taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness -- (delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste")
  
  appreciation; "glad of the fire's warmth")

• beaming, glad -- (Cheerful1.) Cheerful -- (being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be")
  
  2.) Cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeat -- (pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic)
  
  cheerful and Bright1.) Bright -- (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room")
  
  2.) Bright, brilliant, vivid -- (having striking color; "bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage")
  
  bright; "a Beaming1.) Beam -- (smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression)
  
  2.) Shine, beam -- (emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces")
  
  beaming smile"; "a glad May1.) May -- (the month following April and preceding June)
  
  2.) Whitethorn, English hawthorn, may, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha -- (thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America)
  
  May morning")

Related Terms - "Glad"

Meaning 1 of Gladgladiolus, gladiola, glad, sword lily iridaceous plant

• Iris1.) Iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily -- (plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals)
  
  2.) Iris -- (muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil; it forms the colored portion of the eye)
  
  Iris, Flag1.) Flag -- (emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design)
  
  2.) Iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily -- (plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals)
  
  Flag, Fleur-de-lis1.) Iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily -- (plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals)
  
  2.) Fleur-de-lis, fleur-de-lys -- ((heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris)
  
  Fleur-de-lis, Sword lily1.) Gladiolus, gladiola, glad, sword lily -- (any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated)
  
  2.) Iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily -- (plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals)
  
  Sword lily - Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

• Blackberry-lily1.) Blackberry-lily, leopard lily, Belamcanda chinensis -- (garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry)
  
  Blackberry-lily, Leopard lily1.) Leopard lily, panther lily, Lilium pardalinum -- (lily of western United States having orange-red to crimson maroon-spotted flowers)
  
  2.) Tiger lily, leopard lily, pine lily, Lilium catesbaei -- (lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals)
  
  Leopard lily, Belamcanda chinensis1.) Blackberry-lily, leopard lily, Belamcanda chinensis -- (garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry)
  
  Belamcanda chinensis - Garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry

• Crocus1.) Crocus -- (any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated)
  
  Crocus - Any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated

• Freesia1.) Freesia -- (any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers)
  
  Freesia - Any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers

• Gladiolus1.) Gladiolus, gladiola, glad, sword lily -- (any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated)
  
  2.) Gladiolus, corpus sternum -- (the large central part of the breastbone)
  
  Gladiolus, Gladiola1.) Gladiolus, gladiola, glad, sword lily -- (any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated)
  
  Gladiola, Glad1.) Gladiolus, gladiola, glad, sword lily -- (any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated)
  
  1.) Glad -- (showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy; "glad you are here"; "glad that they succeeded"; "gave a glad shout"; "a glad smile"; "heard the glad news"; "a glad occasion")
  
  Glad, Sword lily1.) Gladiolus, gladiola, glad, sword lily -- (any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated)
  
  2.) Iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily -- (plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals)
  
  Sword lily - Any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated

• Corn lily1.) Corn lily -- (any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lilylike flowers; widely cultivated)
  
  Corn lily - Any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lilylike flowers; widely cultivated

• Blue-eyed grass1.) Blue-eyed grass -- (plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers)
  
  Blue-eyed grass - Plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers