Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hade

plural of hade

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

simple past tense and past participle of hade

present participle of hade

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

(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.

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