Wade

Definition of Wade

n.	1.	Woad.
v. i.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wading.]
	1.	To go; to move forward. When might is joined unto cruelty, Alas, too deep will the venom wade. - Chaucer. Forbear, and wade no further in this speech. - Old Play.
	2.	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.
	3.	Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly inder or embarrass; 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.
v. t.	1.	To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded he rivers and swamps.
n.	1.	The act of wading.

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