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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.
- 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/ weɪd /
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/ weɪd /
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
- ˈwadable, adjective
Other Words From
- un·waded adjective
- un·wading adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of wade1
Word History and Origins
Origin of wade1
Example Sentences
The show, as it wades into what Adler-Bell calls a “swampy morass” of conservative history that touches on free markets and American interventionism, is heavy on reading lists.
Meinzer’s interest in finding a faster alternative stemmed from his own snowboarding experiences when he’d visit the area and wade through traffic, wondering why there wasn’t a more seamless route.
She projects emotional complexity onto Jordan, who is about as deep as a wading pool.
Videos shows cars and houses submerged, and people wading through waist-deep water.
And it's not clear that there is the political will for governments to wade into this topic.
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