Definitions of wade [ɪd]

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Definition of 'wade'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) wade
to walk while partially immersed in water.

2.  wade
to walk through a substance, as snow or sand, that impedes motion.

3.  wade
to make one's way slowly or laboriously:
to wade through a dull book.

4. (v.t.) wade
to cross by wading; ford:
to wade a stream.

5.  wade
wade in, to begin a task energetically.

6.  wade
wade into, to attack with vigor and energy.

7. (n.) wade
an act or instance of wading.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME: to go, wade, OE wadan to go, c. MD, MLG waden, OHG watan, ON vatha; akin to OE wæd ford, sea, L vadum shoal, ford, vādere to go, rush)

Definition of 'wade'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) Wade, Virginia Wade
English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)

2. (verb) wade
walk (through relatively shallow water)
"Can we wade across the river to the other side?"; "Wade the pond"

Definition of 'wade'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) wade
to walk through water
They waded across the stream.

Definition of 'wade'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) wade
woad

2. (noun) wade
the act of wading

3. (verb) wade
to go; to move forward

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

5. (verb) wade
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

6. (verb) wade
to pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps

Translation of 'wade'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to go or walk (through water, mud etc) with some difficulty He waded across the river towards me; I've finally managed to wade through that boring book I had to read.
Afrikaans: waad	Arabic: يَخوض، يَجْتازُ بِصُعوبَه	Bulgarian: газя
Brazilian: atravessar com esforço	Czech: brodit se; prokousat se	German: sich durcharbeiten
Danish: vade; arbejde sig igennem	Greek: προχωρώ με κόπο	Spanish: caminar por el agua
Estonian: kahlama, läbima	Farsi: به زحمت به آب رفتن	Finnish: kahlata
French: patauger (dans)	Hebrew: לַעֲבוֹר תוֹך מַאֲמָץ	Hindi: पैदल पार करना
Croatian: mukom pročitati knjigu	Hungarian: átvergődik (vmin)	Indonesian: mengarungi
Icelandic: vaða, ösla; brjótast í ge	Italian: (farsi strada a stento);	Japanese: 骨折って進む
Korean: (물 속을) 걷다	Lithuanian: bristi, braidyti,įveikti	Latvian: brist; cīnīties (cauri)
Malay: mengharungi dengan susah	Dutch: waden, doorworstelen	Norwegian: vade, vasse
Polish: brodzić	Persian: به زحمت به آب رفتن	Pashto: په اوبو، خټو، واورو تلل ا
Portuguese: atravessar com esforço	Romanian: a trece cu greu	Russian: идти с трудом
Slovak: brodiť sa; prehrýzť sa	Slovenian: (pre)bresti	Serbian: gacati po plićaku
Swedish: vada, pulsa, plöja	Thai: เดินลุยในน้ำหรือโคลน; ผ่า	Turkish: bataçıka yürümek
Taiwanese: 跋涉(過有水處、泥沼等)	Ukrainian: насилу просуватися, проби	Urdu: پانی یا کیچٹ میں چلنا
Vietnamese: làm gì một cách vất vả	Chinese: 跋涉（走过于泥地等）
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