Meaning

(intransitive) To walk through water or something that impedes progress..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To walk through water or something that impedes progress.
2. (intransitive) To progress with difficulty.
3. (transitive) To walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading.
4. (of the sun or moon) To gleam intermittently through clouds or mist.
5. (intransitive) To enter recklessly.
6. An act of wading.
7. (colloquial) A ford; a place to cross a river.
8. Obsolete form of woad.

Example Sentences

So eagerly the fiend […] / With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, / And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.

After breakfast the men set out to hunt, while the women went to a large pool of warm water covered with a green scum and filled with billions of tadpoles. They waded in to where the water was about a foot deep and lay down in the mud. They remained there from one to two hours and then returned to the cliff.

to wade through a dull book

And wades through fumes, and gropes his way.

The king's admirable conduct has waded through all these difficulties.

wading swamps and rivers

I saw my Meg come linking o'er the lee; I saw my Meg, but Maggy saw nae me: For yet the sun was wading through the mist, And she was close upon me ere she wist.

... the pale light of a crescent moon wading among the black and lowering clouds.

Word Forms

• wades
• wading
• waded

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When Should You Use Wade?

Use wade when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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