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Meaning of wade in English
Pronunciation
/weɪd/
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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 »
Noun
Wade
Definitions
1.
English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945)