Complete Definition of "wade"

see|Wade
English
Etymology
Old English wadan, from common Germanic *wadan, from Proto-Indo-European *wadh- "to go". Cognates include Latin vadere "go, walk; rush" (whence English invade, evade).

Pronunciation
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| /weɪd/ || /weId/
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audio|en-us-wade.ogg|Audio (US)

rhymes|eɪd

Verb
en-verb|wad|ing
#intransitive to walk through water or something that impedes progress
#intransitive to progress with difficulty

Translations
trans-top|to walk through water or something that impedes progress
Finnish: raivata tiensä jonkin läpi, rämpiä
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|to progress with difficulty
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Noun
en-noun
#an act of wading

Related terms
wade in
wade into
wade through

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