Definition of wade

• n. - Woad.
• v. i. - To go; to move forward.
• v. i. - To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.
• v. i. - 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.
• v. t. - To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps.
• n. - The act of wading.