"wade" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /weɪd/ Audio: en-us-wade.ogg [US] Forms: wade [canonical], wades [third-person, singular], waded [past], waded [past, participle], wading [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|wad|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you wade, you walk in water.
    Sense id: simple-wade-en-verb-rsRD7zgs
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