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wade
1[weyd]
verb (used without object)
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 bythrough ).
to wade through a dull book.
Obsolete., to go or proceed.
verb (used with object)
to pass through or cross by wading; ford.
to wade a stream.
noun
an act or instance of wading.
We went for a wade in the shallows.
verb phrase
wade in / into
to begin energetically.
to attack strongly.
to wade into a thoughtless child; to wade into a mob of rioters.
Wade
2[weyd]
noun
Benjamin Franklin, 1800–78, U.S. lawyer and antislavery politician.
a male given name.
wade
1/ weɪd /
verb
to walk with the feet immersed in (water, a stream, etc)
the girls waded the river at the ford
to proceed with difficulty
to wade through a book
(intr; foll by in or into) to attack energetically
noun
the act or an instance of wading
Wade
2/ weɪd /
noun
( Sarah ) Virginia. born 1945, English tennis player; won three Grand Slam singles titles: US Open (1968), Australian Open (1972), and Wimbledon (1977)
Other Word Forms
- unwaded adjective
- unwading adjective
- wadable adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of wade1
Word History and Origins
Origin of wade1
Example Sentences
Often, he had to wade into sewage to fix equipment and clean out feces, needles and tampons entering the treatment facility.
At age 25, Birutė Galdikas, the Canadian anthropologist, was wading through swamps riddled with parasites and leeches trying to catch a glimpse of orangutans, or, as she describes them, “survivors of Eden.”
Several French security sources have told us that getting the police to stop the boats by wading into the sea was never even a remote possibility.
The beauty of the film is that it is from the perspective of a family, two parents and two children, gingerly wading through the past and picking up keepsakes to bring.
Previously, beneficiaries had to wade through listings on dozens of websites.
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