Wade

9 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wade \Wade\, v. t.
     To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded ?he rivers and
     swamps.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Wade \Wade\, n.
     Woad. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wade \Wade\, n.
     The act of wading. [Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

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

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Wade, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
     Population (2000):    480
     Housing Units (2000): 220
     Land area (2000):     1.305882 sq. miles (3.382218 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.009230 sq. miles (0.023906 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.315112 sq. miles (3.406124 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            70340
     Located within:       North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
     Location:             35.161774 N, 78.732977 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     28395
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Wade, NC
      Wade
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Wade, MS -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Mississippi
     Population (2000):    491
     Housing Units (2000): 174
     Land area (2000):     4.361655 sq. miles (11.296635 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.024565 sq. miles (0.063622 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    4.386220 sq. miles (11.360257 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            77080
     Located within:       Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
     Location:             30.641942 N, 88.551069 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Wade, MS
      Wade