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Meaning of wade in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /weɪd/

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  1. Verb

    wade

    Etymology

    Old English wadan ‘move onward’, also ‘penetrate’, from a Germanic word meaning ‘go (through)’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vadere‘go’

    Definitions

    1. walk (through relatively shallow water)

    Examples

    • « Can we wade across the river to the other side? »
    • « Wade the pond »
  2. Noun

    Wade

    Definitions

    1. English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945)

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