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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 by through ):
to wade through a dull book.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- 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
- 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/ ɱɪ /
noun
- Wade(Sarah) Virginia1945FBritishSPORT AND GAMES: tennis player ( Sarah ) Virginia. born 1945, English tennis player; won three Grand Slam singles titles: US Open (1968), Australian Open (1972), and Wimbledon (1977)
wade
2/ ɱɪ /
verb
- to walk with the feet immersed in (water, a stream, etc)
the girls waded the river at the ford
- introften foll bythrough 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
Derived Forms
- ˈɲ岹, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·ɲĻ adjective
- ܲ·ɲiԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of wade1
Word History and Origins
Origin of wade1
Example Sentences
The number of curlew wading birds in Orkney is on the rise again after a drive to reduce the number of predatory stoats.
With a Holyrood election looming, there is no prospect of the first minister deciding to wade back into such a contentious debate.
Desperate residents are trying to flee the floodwaters by wading, swimming or paddling to safety in homemade canoes.
Pagels is conversant with every version of the gospels — even the most obscure — and wades through them with forensic thoroughness.
Planning to apply for asylum, the family made their way up through Central America and Mexico before wading across the Rio Grande and arriving at the U.S. border in 2022.
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