WADE

n. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

Woad. [Obs.] Mortimer.

2.
v.

To go; to move forward. [Obs.] When might is joined unto cruelty, Alas, too deep will the venom wade. Chaucer. Forbear, and wade no further in this speech. Old Play.

3.
v.

To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc. So eagerly the fiend . . . With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. Milton.

4.
v.

Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed as, to wade through a dull book. And wades through fumes, and gropes his way. Dryden. The king's admirable conduct has waded through all these difficulties. Davenant.

5.
v.

To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded .

6.
n.

The act of wading. [Colloq.]

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