Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: Hades  hey-deez
  1. (religion) the underworld or abode of the dead in Hebrew theology
    "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth";
    - Hell, infernal region, netherworld, Sheol, underworld
     
  2. (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
    - Aidoneus
Noun: hade  heyd
  1. (geology) the angle between a fault plane or vein and the vertical
    "The geologist measured the hade of the fault to determine its orientation"
Verb: hade  heyd
  1. Deviate from the vertical, especially referring to a vein, fault, or lode in geology
    "The gold vein haded to the east at a 15-degree angle"

Type of: fictitious place, Greek deity, imaginary place, mythical place

Encyclopedia: Hades

Hade