wade
to walk in water, when partially immersed: He wasn't swimming, he was wading.
to play in water: The children were wading in the pool most of the afternoon.
to walk through water, snow, sand, or any other substance that impedes free motion or offers resistance to movement: to wade through the mud.
to make one's way slowly or laboriously (often followed by through): to wade through a dull book.
Obsolete. to go or proceed.
to pass through or cross by wading; ford: to wade a stream.
an act or instance of wading: We went for a wade in the shallows.
wade in / into
to begin energetically.
to attack strongly: to wade into a thoughtless child; to wade into a mob of rioters.
Origin of wade
1Other words for wade
Other words from wade
- un·wad·ed, adjective
- un·wad·ing, adjective
Other definitions for Wade (2 of 2)
Benjamin Franklin, 1800–78, U.S. lawyer and antislavery politician.
a male given name.
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British Dictionary definitions for wade (1 of 2)
/ (weɪd) /
to walk with the feet immersed in (water, a stream, etc): the girls waded the river at the ford
(intr often foll by through) to proceed with difficulty: to wade through a book
(intr; foll by in or into) to attack energetically
the act or an instance of wading
Origin of wade
1Derived forms of wade
- wadable or wadeable, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for Wade (2 of 2)
/ (weɪd) /
(Sarah) Virginia. born 1945, English tennis player; won three Grand Slam singles titles: US Open (1968), Australian Open (1972), and Wimbledon (1977)
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