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wading |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wade \Wade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waded}; p. pr & vb n. {Wading}.] [OE. waden to wade, to go AS wadan; akin to OFries wada, D. waden, OHG. watan, Icel. va?a, Sw vada, Dan. vade, L. vadere to go walk, vadum a ford. Cf {Evade}, {Invade}, {Pervade}, {Waddle}.] 1. 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. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wading \Wad"ing\, a. & n. from {Wade}, v. {Wading bird}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Wader}, 2. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: wading n : walking with your feet in water
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