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wade

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[ weyd ]

verb (used without object)

waded, wading.
  1. to walk in water, when partially immersed:

    He wasn't swimming, he was wading.

  2. to play in water:

    The children were wading in the pool most of the afternoon.

  3. to walk through water, snow, sand, or any other substance that impedes free motion or offers resistance to movement:

    to wade through the mud.

  4. to make one's way slowly or laboriously (often followed by through ):

    to wade through a dull book.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  5. Obsolete. to go or proceed.


verb (used with object)

waded, wading.
  1. to pass through or cross by wading; ford:

    to wade a stream.

noun

  1. an act or instance of wading:

    We went for a wade in the shallows.

verb phrase

    1. to begin energetically.
    2. to attack strongly:

      to wade into a thoughtless child; to wade into a mob of rioters.

Wade

2

[ weyd ]

noun

  1. Benjamin Franklin, 1800–78, U.S. lawyer and antislavery politician.
  2. a male given name.

Wade

1

/ ·É±ðɪ»å /

noun

  1. Wade(Sarah) Virginia1945FBritishSPORT AND GAMES: tennis player ( Sarah ) Virginia. born 1945, English tennis player; won three Grand Slam singles titles: US Open (1968), Australian Open (1972), and Wimbledon (1977)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

wade

2

/ ·É±ðɪ»å /

verb

  1. to walk with the feet immersed in (water, a stream, etc)

    the girls waded the river at the ford

  2. introften foll bythrough to proceed with difficulty

    to wade through a book

  3. intr; foll by in or into to attack energetically
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or an instance of wading
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ·É²¹»å²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wade1

before 900; Middle English waden to go, wade, Old English wadan to go; cognate with German waten, Old Norse vatha; akin to Old English ·Éæ»å ford, sea, Latin vadum shoal, ford, ±¹Äå»å±ð°ù±ð to go, rush
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wade1

Old English wadan; related to Old Frisian wada, Old High German watan, Old Norse vatha, Latin vadum ford
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Example Sentences

Pagels is conversant with every version of the gospels — even the most obscure — and wades through them with forensic thoroughness.

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Planning to apply for asylum, the family made their way up through Central America and Mexico before wading across the Rio Grande and arriving at the U.S. border in 2022.

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But for the people wading across the Kabir River, their concern is going home and being safe.

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First Amendment experts sounded alarms, saying the FCC was wading into treacherous territory in reviewing debate formats and decisions made by news producers.

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"We walked for five days through jungles and rivers. In many parts, while wading through the river, the water came up to my chest."

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