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
part of speech: noun
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
Usage examples for wade:
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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