Category:Wade

Wade, n.

Defn: woad. [obs.] Mortimer.

Wade Wade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wading.] Etym: [oe. Waden to wade, to go, as. wadan; akin to ofries. wada, d. waden, ohg. Watan, icel. va, sw. vada, dan. vade, l. vadere to go, walk, vadum a Ford. Cf. Evade, invade, pervade, waddle.]

1. To go; to move forward. [obs.] When might is joined unto cruelty, alas, too deep will the venom wade. Chaucer. Forbear, and wade no further in this speech. Old play.

2. To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc. So eagerly the fiend. . . With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, and swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. Milton.

3. Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed as, to wade through a dull book. And wades through fumes, and gropes his way. Dryden. The king's admirable conduct has waded through all these difficulties. Davenant.

Wade Wade, v. t.

Defn: to pass or cross by wading; as, he waded.

Wade Wade, n.

Defn: the act of wading. [colloq.]