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.


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