hade

[ heyd ]

/ heɪd /

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noun

Geology. the angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip.

Mining. the inclination of a vein or seam from the vertical.

verb (used without object), had·ed, had·ing.

(of a fault, vein, or seam) to incline from a vertical position.

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Origin of hade

First recorded in 1675–85; origin uncertain

Words nearby hade

hadaway, had better, haddock, Haddon, Haddonfield, hade, Hadean Time, hadedah, Haden, had enough, Hades

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How to use hade in a sentence

He was out of it in an instant with the agility of a pickpocket, was across the room and at Hade's throat like a dog.
Gallegher and Other Stories|Richard Harding Davis
Other nombre is a multitude hade out of vnitees, vnitee is that thynge wher-by euery thynge is callede oone, other o thynge.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English|Anonymous
If a nombre be hade twies in hym-self, oer ones in his quadrat, at is the same, at a cubike Fol.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English|Anonymous
And yf a nombre twies be hade in a-noer, the nombre is clepede solide and not cubike, as twies .3.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English|Anonymous

The rote of a nombre cubike is the nombre that is twies hade in hym-selfe, or ones in his quadrat.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for hade

hade

/ (heɪd) geology /

noun

the angle made to the vertical by the plane of a fault or vein

verb

obsolete (intr) (of faults or veins) to incline from the vertical

Word Origin for hade

C18: of unknown origin

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