/ weɪd; NAmE / verb
1.
[usually + adv. / prep. ] to walk with an effort through sth, especially water or mud :
[ v ]
He waded into the water to push the boat out.
Sometimes they had to wade waist-deep through mud.
[ vn ]
They waded the river at a shallow point.
2.
[ v ] ( NAmE ) = paddle
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PHRASAL VERBS
- wade in | wade into sth
- wade into sb
- wade through sth
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English wadan move onward , also penetrate , from a Germanic word meaning go (through), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vadere go.