Definition of Wade

Babylon English

wade
v. cross with difficulty; proceed slowly and with difficulty; walk in water, walk through any substance that impedes motion (snow, etc.)
n. act or instance of walking in shallow water

Wade
n. family name; male first name

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Wade Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wade
(v. t.)
To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps.

(v. i.)
To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.

(v. i.)
To go; to move forward.

(v. i.)
Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed /lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly /inder or embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.

(n.)
Woad.

(n.)
The act of wading.

WordNet 2.0

Wade

Noun
1. English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945)
(synonym) Virginia Wade
(hypernym) tennis player

wade

Verb
1. walk (through relatively shallow water); "Can we wade across the river to the other side?"; "Wade the pond"
(hypernym) walk
(hyponym) puddle
(derivation) wading bird, wader

Anagram

wade
awed

hEnglish - advanced version

wade

wade
wader \wad"er\ (?), n.
1. one who, or that which, wades.
2. (zo?l.) any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also wading bird. see illust. g, under aves.

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