English Dictionary: Wade | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wade \Wade\, v. t. To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded [?]he rivers and swamps. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wade \Wade\, n. The act of wading. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wade \Wade\, n. Woad. [Obs.] --Mortimer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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}.] 1. To go; to move forward. [Obs.] When might is joined unto cruelty, Alas, too deep will the venom wade. --Chaucer. Forbear, and wade no further in this speech. --Old Play. 2. To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc. So eagerly the fiend . . . With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. --Milton. 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. And wades through fumes, and gropes his way. --Dryden. The king's admirable conduct has waded through all these difficulties. --Davenant. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Woad \Woad\, n. [OE. wod, AS. w[be]d; akin to D. weede, G. waid, OHG. weit, Dan. vaid, veid, Sw. veide, L. vitrum.] [Written also {wad}, and {wade}.] 1. (Bot.) An herbaceous cruciferous plant ({Isatis tinctoria}). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves. 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 It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing. Their bodies . . . painted with woad in sundry figures. --Milton. {Wild woad} (Bot.), the weld ({Reseda luteola}). See {Weld}. {Woad mill}, a mill grinding and preparing woad. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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 |