glen

/ɡlɛn/

name 5noun 2

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ADJ.

beautiful, high, little, miraculous, same

We spent the afternoon walking through a beautiful glen surrounded by ancient trees.

VERB + GLEN

believe, mountain-bound

The hikers believe the mountain-bound glen holds ancient secrets waiting to be discovered.

GLEN + NOUN

cantonese, chapple, elgin, mark, university

The Glen Elgin whisky was known for its smooth, distinctive flavor profile.

PREP.

down, in, in, into, on, through, till

We walked down the glen on a misty morning last autumn.

Definitions

noun

A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a depression between hills; a dale.

What riches too, of gold and jewels, might not be hidden among those forest-shrouded glens and peaks? And beyond, and beyond again, ever new islands, new continents perhaps, an inexhaustible wealth of yet undiscovered worlds.

name

A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic for someone who lives in a valley.

A male given name transferred from the surname.

Miller suffered a little when Glen Chapple and Mark Clinton came together but finished the spell with figures of five for 35 from 11 overs, mirroring the performances earlier when Chapple and Mahmood undermined the Warwickshire innings.

A river in England, mainly in Lincolnshire.

A river in Northumberland, England, a tributary of the River Till.

A village in northern County Donegal, Ireland; in Irish An Gleann from gleann (“glen”).

noun

Ellipsis of Glen of Imaal Terrier.

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Miller suffered a little when Glen Chapple and Mark Clinton came together but finished the spell with figures of five for 35 from 11 overs, mirroring the performances earlier when Chapple and Mahmood

Wiktionary

That glen was beautiful on a calm day.

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"Shirley, why do you learn Klingon if you don't believe in space?" "Glen, I just like the sound of it."

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"Shirley, my political stance is for a Multi-world Civilization." "Glen, you aim high!"

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"The colonization of space may take generations, Shirley." "You have patience, Glen."

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