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Definitions for Wade

[1] to walk in water, when partially immersed: He wasn't swimming, he was wading.
[2] to play in water: The children were wading in the pool most of the afternoon.
[3] to walk through water, snow, sand, or any other substance that impedes free motion or offers resistance to movement: to wade through the mud.
[4] to make one's way slowly or laboriously (often followed by through ): to wade through a dull book.
[5] Obsolete . to go or proceed.
[6] to pass through or cross by wading; ford: to wade a stream.
[7] an act or instance of wading: We went for a wade in the shallows.
[8] wade in /into , to begin energetically. to attack strongly: to wade into a thoughtless child; to wade into a mob of rioters.
[9] Benjamin Franklin, 1800–78, U.S. lawyer and antislavery politician.
[10] a male given name.
[11] to walk with the feet immersed in (water, a stream, etc) the girls waded the river at the ford
[12] (intr often foll by through ) to proceed with difficulty to wade through a book
[13] (intr; foll by in or into) to attack energetically
[14] the act or an instance of wading
[15] (Sarah ) Virginia. born 1945, English tennis player; won three Grand Slam singles titles: US Open (1968), Australian Open (1972), and Wimbledon (1977)

Words related to Wade

bathe, trek, splash, stumble, paddle, attempt, toil, launch, initiate, attack, drudge, tackle, labor, walk, start, ford

Words nearby Wade

waddesdon manor, wadding, waddington, waddle, waddy, wade, wade in, wade-giles system, wader, waders, wadi

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 , adjective
un·wad·ing , adjective

Word origin for Wade

Old English wadan; related to Old Frisian wada, Old High German watan, Old Norse vatha, Latin vadum ford

Synonyms for Wade

bathe, paddle, splash, stumble, trek, attack, attempt, drudge, ford, initiate, labor, launch, start, tackle, toil, walk, fall to, get feet wet, get stuck in, go for, jump in, light into, pitch in, set about, set to, tear into, work through