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

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