"wade" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /weɪd/, /wed/ [Scotland] Audio: en-us-wade.ogg [US] Forms: wades [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪd Etymology: From Middle English waden, from Old English wadan, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go”). Cognates include German waten (“wade”) and Latin vādō (“go, walk; rush”) (whence English evade, invade, pervade). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weh₂dʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|waden}} Middle English waden, {{inh|en|ang|wadan}} Old English wadan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wadaną}} Proto-Germanic *wadaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*weh₂dʰ-||to go}} Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go”), {{cog|de|waten||wade}} German waten (“wade”), {{cog|la|vādō||go, walk; rush}} Latin vādō (“go, walk; rush”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wade (plural wades)
  1. An act of wading. Translations (act of wading): газене (gazene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), прегазване (pregazvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), kahluu (Finnish), guado [masculine] (Italian), vadeação [feminine] (Portuguese), vadeamento [masculine] (Portuguese), vadeo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wade-en-noun-a~8-a2kt Disambiguation of 'act of wading': 98 2
  2. (colloquial) A ford; a place to cross a river. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-wade-en-noun-FMjG49Cp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wade in, wade through
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /weɪd/, /wed/ [Scotland] Audio: en-us-wade.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪd Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} wade (uncountable)
  1. Obsolete form of woad. Tags: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Alternative form of: woad
    Sense id: en-wade-en-noun-FSCLmmE5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /weɪd/, /wed/ [Scotland] Audio: en-us-wade.ogg [US] Forms: wades [present, singular, third-person], wading [participle, present], waded [participle, past], waded [past]
Rhymes: -eɪd Etymology: From Middle English waden, from Old English wadan, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go”). Cognates include German waten (“wade”) and Latin vādō (“go, walk; rush”) (whence English evade, invade, pervade). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weh₂dʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|waden}} Middle English waden, {{inh|en|ang|wadan}} Old English wadan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wadaną}} Proto-Germanic *wadaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*weh₂dʰ-||to go}} Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go”), {{cog|de|waten||wade}} German waten (“wade”), {{cog|la|vādō||go, walk; rush}} Latin vādō (“go, walk; rush”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wade (third-person singular simple present wades, present participle wading, simple past and past participle waded)
  1. (intransitive) to walk through water or something that impedes progress. Tags: intransitive Translations (to walk through water or something that impedes progress): кисеү (kisew) (Bashkir), газя (gazja) (Bulgarian), 涉水 (shèshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), vade (Danish), waden (Dutch), vadi (Esperanto), kahlata (Finnish), rämpiä (Finnish), tarpoa (Finnish), patauger (French), vadear (Galician), waten (German), átgázol (Hungarian), vadar (Ido), guadare (Italian), procedere a stento (Italian), avanzare lentamente (Italian), кеч- (kec-) (Kyrgyz), brist (Latvian), bristi (Lithuanian), lakad (Mansaka), kautū (Maori), pataûgi (Norman), vade (Norwegian), vasse (Norwegian), brnąć (Polish), vadear (Portuguese), брести (bresti) (Russian), grunnaich (Scottish Gaelic), probijati se (Serbo-Croatian), gacati (Serbo-Croatian), vadear (Spanish), vada (Swedish), yürümek (Turkish), lội (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-wade-en-verb-ppTDHzE2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 7 23 33 Disambiguation of 'to walk through water or something that impedes progress': 62 5 33 1
  2. (intransitive) to progress with difficulty Tags: intransitive Translations (to progress with difficulty): rämpiä (Finnish), tarpoa (Finnish), átgázol (Hungarian), átvergődik (Hungarian), пробираться (probiratʹsja) (Russian), продираться (prodiratʹsja) (Russian), gacati (Serbo-Croatian), probijati se (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-wade-en-verb-e30zzq-J Disambiguation of 'to progress with difficulty': 6 91 2 1
  3. (transitive) to walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-wade-en-verb-RaEmRDIg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 7 23 33
  4. (intransitive) To enter recklessly. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-wade-en-verb-Gh5IXSna Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 7 23 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "to walk through water or something that impedes progress."
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        "to progress with difficulty"
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        "(intransitive) to progress with difficulty"
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        "To enter recklessly."
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        "(intransitive) To enter recklessly."
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      "code": "ba",
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      "word": "кисеү"
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      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "газя"
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      "roman": "shèshuǐ",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "涉水"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "vade"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "waden"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "vadi"
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      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "kahlata"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "rämpiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "tarpoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "patauger"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "vadear"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "waten"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "átgázol"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "vadar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "guadare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "procedere a stento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "avanzare lentamente"
    },
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kec-",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "кеч-"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "brist"
    },
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "bristi"
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      "code": "msk",
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      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "lakad"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "kautū"
    },
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "pataûgi"
    },
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "vade"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "vasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "brnąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "vadear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "bresti",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "брести"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "grunnaich"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "probijati se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "gacati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "vadear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "vada"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "yürümek"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to walk through water or something that impedes progress",
      "word": "lội"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to progress with difficulty",
      "word": "rämpiä"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to progress with difficulty",
      "word": "tarpoa"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to progress with difficulty",
      "word": "átgázol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to progress with difficulty",
      "word": "átvergődik"
    },
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      "roman": "probiratʹsja",
      "sense": "to progress with difficulty",
      "word": "пробираться"
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      "roman": "prodiratʹsja",
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      "word": "продираться"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "to progress with difficulty",
      "word": "gacati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to progress with difficulty",
      "word": "probijati se"
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      "audio": "en-us-wade.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/En-us-wade.ogg/En-us-wade.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/En-us-wade.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gazene",
      "sense": "act of wading",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "газене"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pregazvane",
      "sense": "act of wading",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прегазване"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of wading",
      "word": "kahluu"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of wading",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of wading",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vadeação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of wading",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vadeamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of wading",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vadeo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wade"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪd",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪd/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "wade (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "woad"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English obsolete forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete form of woad."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woad",
          "woad#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪd/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wed/",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪd"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wayed"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "weighed"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wheyed (all not in Scotland)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-wade.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/En-us-wade.ogg/En-us-wade.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/En-us-wade.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wade"
}

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