(Greek mythology) The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.

plural of hade

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hade

(now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) State; order, estate, rank, degree, or quality.

(geology, mining) To slope or incline from the vertical.

(geology) A slope; (in mining) the slope of a vein, fault or dike from the vertical; the complement of the dip.

(Britain, dialects, obsolete) A headland; a strip of land at the side of a field upon which a plough may be turned.

simple past tense and past participle of hade

present participle of hade

(simile, colloquial) extremely hot; hot as hell; hot as blazes