Origin of wade
before 900; Middle English
waden to go, wade, Old English
wadan to go; cognate with German
waten, Old Norse
vatha; akin to Old English
wæd ford, sea, Latin
vadum shoal, ford,
vādere to go, rush
OTHER WORDS FROM wade
un·wad·ed, adjective un·wad·ing, adjectiveWords nearby wade
waddesdon manor,
wadding,
waddington,
waddle,
waddy,
wade,
wade in,
wade-giles system,
wader,
waders,
wadi
British Dictionary definitions for wade in (1 of 2)
wade
/ (weɪd) /
verb
to walk with the feet immersed in (water, a stream, etc)
the girls waded the river at the ford
(intr often foll by through)
to proceed with difficulty
to wade through a book
(intr; foll by in or into)
to attack energetically
noun
the act or an instance of wading
Derived forms of wade
wadable or wadeable, adjectiveWord Origin for wade
Old English
wadan; related to Old Frisian
wada, Old High German
watan, Old Norse
vatha, Latin
vadum
ford
British Dictionary definitions for wade in (2 of 2)
Wade
/ (weɪd) /
noun
(Sarah) Virginia. born 1945, English tennis player; won three Grand Slam singles titles: US Open (1968), Australian Open (1972), and Wimbledon (1977)
Idioms and Phrases with wade in
wade in
Also, wade into. Plunge into, begin or attack resolutely and energetically, as in She waded into that pile of correspondence. This idiom transfers entering water to beginning some action. [Mid-1800s]