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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.
Origin of wade
before 900; Middle English waden to go, wade, Old English wadan to go; cognate with German waten,Old Norse vatha; akin to Old English wæd ford, sea, Latin vadum shoal, ford, vādere to go, rush
OTHER WORDS FROM wade
un·wad·ed, adjectiveun·wad·ing, adjectiveDefinition for wade (2 of 2)
Wade
[ weyd ]
/ weɪd /
noun
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)
wade
/ (weɪd) /
verb
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 difficultyto wade through a book
(intr; foll by in or into) to attack energetically
noun
the act or an instance of wading
Derived forms of wade
wadable or wadeable, adjectiveWord Origin for wade
Old English wadan; related to Old Frisian wada, Old High German watan, Old Norse vatha, Latin vadum ford
British Dictionary definitions for wade (2 of 2)
Wade
/ (weɪd) /
noun
(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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