wade
An act of wadingAn act of wading.
» Tom waded across the shallow river.
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2 sensesAn act of wading.
We had to be careful during our dangerous wade across the river.
(colloquial)A ford; a place to cross a river.
- English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)
Examples
39 sentencesTom waded across the shallow river.
We waded through the muddy water.
Tom and Mary waded out into the deep water.
Tom got out of the boat and waded to shore.
This river is shallow enough to wade to the other side.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English waden, from Old English wadan, from Proto-West Germanic *wadan, from PFrom Middle English waden, from Old English wadan, from Proto-West Germanic *wadan, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną (“to go, pass through”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian waadje (“to wade”), West Frisian wâdzje (“to wade”), Dutch waden (“to wade”), German Low German waden (“to wade”), German waten (“to wade”), Danish vade (“to wade”), Swedish vada (“to wade”), Icelandic vaða (“to wade”), and Latin vādō (“go, walk; rush”).
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Forms
plural: wadesSynonyms
1 synonyms- English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945):Virginia Wade