WADE
\wˈe͡ɪd], \wˈeɪd], \w_ˈeɪ_d]\
Definitions of WADE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To go; to move forward.
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To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.
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The act of wading.
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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.
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To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded he rivers and swamps.
By Oddity Software
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To go; to move forward.
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To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.
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The act of wading.
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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.
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To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded he rivers and swamps.
By Noah Webster.
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Wadding.
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To walk through water, mud, snow, etc.; hence, to proceed with difficulty.
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To cross by passing through water, mud, etc.
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Waded.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman