wade

Definition of Wade in English :

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Noun

1. virginia wade, wade

English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)

virginia wade

Verb

2. wade

walk (through relatively shallow water)

Example Sentences:
'Can we wade across the river to the other side?'
'Wade the pond'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wade

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verb

1.

to walk with the feet immersed in (water, a stream, etc)

the girls waded the river at the ford

2. (intransitive; often foll by through)

to proceed with difficulty

to wade through a book

3. (intr; foll by in or into)

to attack energetically

noun

4.

the act or an instance of wading

noun

(Sarah) Virginia. born 1945, English tennis player; won three Grand Slam singles titles: US Open (1968), Australian Open (1972), and Wimbledon (1977)

Wade

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verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈwaded or ˈwading

1.

to walk through any substance, as water, mud, snow, sand, tall grass, etc., that offers resistance

2.

to walk about in shallow water, as for amusement

3.

to go forward with effort or difficulty

to wade through a long report

4. US, Informal

to move energetically into action; attack with vigor

with in or into

5. Obsolete

to go; proceed; pass

verb transitive

6.

to go across or through by wading

to wade a brook

noun

7.

an act of wading

Wade

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v. wad·ed, wad·ing, wades

v.intr.

To walk in or through water or something else that similarly impedes normal movement.

v.tr.

To cross or pass through (water, for example) with difficulty: wade a swift creek.

n.

The act or an instance of wading.

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