Results for wade

Definitions of wade:

part of speech: verb intransitive

To walk through water, mud, snow, etc.; hence, to proceed with difficulty.

part of speech: past tense, past participle

Waded.

part of speech: present participle

Wadding.

part of speech: noun

WADER.

part of speech: verb

Originally signifying " to splash," then " to walk through water of some depth"; to walk or pass through water; to move or pass with difficulty or labour.

part of speech: verb transitive

To cross by passing through water, mud, etc.

Usage examples for wade:

• Do you understand that the English nation had made themselves so odious, so particularly hateful, even to women the most secluded from the world, that there was no crime, no mischief, no family destruction, through which they would not wade for our extermination? "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. XII. (of XII.)", Edmund Burke

• Eet is Thayer and Wade the sheriff from Montview, and his deputy. "The White Desert", Courtney Ryley Cooper

• " Oh, no, not that name, please," Mrs. Wade said. "Love of Brothers", Katharine Tynan