Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web

waded in

 - 1 dictionary result

wade

[weyd] ,verb, wad⋅ed, wad⋅ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
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 fol. by through): to wade through a dull book.
5. Obsolete. to go or proceed.
–verb (used with object)
6. to pass through or cross by wading; ford: to wade a stream.
–noun
7. an act or instance of wading: We went for a wade in the shallows.
8. wade in or into,
a. to begin energetically.
b. to attack strongly: to wade into a thoughtless child; to wade into a mob of rioters.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME waden to go, wade, OE wadan to go; c. G waten, ON vatha; akin to OE wæd ford, sea, L vadum shoal, ford, vādere to go, rush


4. labor, toil, plod, plow, work.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To waded in
Search another word or see waded in on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us: