Definitions for: Wade


[n] English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945)
[v] walk (through relatively shallow water); "Can we wade across the river to the other side?"; "Wade the pond"



Webster (1913) Definition: Wade, n.
Woad. [Obs.] --Mortimer.


Wade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wading.] [OE. waden to wade, to go, AS. wadan; akin to
OFries. wada, D. waden, OHG. watan, Icel. va?a, 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 ?lowly
among objects or circumstances that constantly ?inder or
embarrass; 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, v. t.
To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded ?he rivers and
swamps.


Wade, n.
The act of wading. [Colloq.]

Synonyms: Virginia Wade

See Also: puddle, tennis player, walk

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