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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How to use wade in a sentence
After a long day of him wading and me watching him in the muck, cocktails were required.
Anyone who takes pot shots at a lovely wading bird is a hopeless defective, in my view, an evolutionary mistake.
But among reams of waterlogged documents, troops wading in water four feet deep spotted Hebrew lettering among the Arabic.
Wading so directly into Syria's bloody conflict is fraught with pitfalls for the U.S. government.
At 35, Braner is far from those angsty teen years, but connects with those wading the rough waters of high school with ease.
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He looked at Edna's book, which he had read; and he told her the end, to save her the trouble of wading through it, he said.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinAs you are aware, I have been wading deep waters and contending with the great ones of the earth, not wholly without success.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonConsequently, instead of mounting one of the already overburdened beasts, I crossed the two fords of the Salmon River by wading.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. ThompsonSometimes he goes to the brook and sits on a stone by a pool there, while I go wading and get my stummick wet and drippy and cool.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonOn he went, hour by hour, forcing his way through the thick bushes and wading in the deep mud.
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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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