wade

7 definitions found

wade - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wade \Wade\, v. t.
     To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded ?he rivers and
     swamps.
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  Wade \Wade\, n.
     Woad. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
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  Wade \Wade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Wading.] [OE. waden to wade, to go, AS. wadan; akin to
     OFries. wada, D. waden, OHG. watan, Icel. va?a, Sw. vada,
     Dan. vade, L. vadere to go, walk, vadum a ford. Cf. Evade,
     Invade, Pervade, Waddle.]
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     1. To go; to move forward. [Obs.]
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              When might is joined unto cruelty,
              Alas, too deep will the venom wade.   --Chaucer.
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              Forbear, and wade no further in this speech. --Old
                                                    Play.
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     2. To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move,
        sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.
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              So eagerly the fiend . . .
              With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way,
              And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. 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.
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              And wades through fumes, and gropes his way.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              The king's admirable conduct has waded through all
              these difficulties.                   --Davenant.
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  Wade \Wade\, n.
     The act of wading. [Colloq.]
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  Woad \Woad\, n. [OE. wod, AS. w[=a]d; akin to D. weede, G. waid,
     OHG. weit, Dan. vaid, veid, Sw. veide, L. vitrum.] [Written
     also wad, and wade.]
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     1. (Bot.) An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis  tinctoria
        ) of the family Cruciferae (syn.
        Brassicaceae). It was formerly cultivated for the blue
        coloring matter derived from its leaves. See isatin.
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     2. A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the
        powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria.
        It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with
        indigo as a ferment in dyeing.
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              Their bodies . . . painted with woad in sundry
              figures.                              --Milton.
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     Wild woad (Bot.), the weld (Reseda luteola). See Weld.
        
  
     Woad mill, a mill grinding and preparing woad.
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wade - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Wade
      n 1: English tennis player who won many women's singles titles
           (born in 1945) [syn: Wade, Virginia Wade]
      v 1: walk (through relatively shallow water); "Can we wade
           across the river to the other side?"; "Wade the pond"

wade - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Wade, NC (town, FIPS 70340)
    Location: 35.16428 N, 78.73535 W
    Population (1990): 238 (110 housing units)
    Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 28395