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wade

UK/weɪd/ US/wed/ common
verb (1) noun (1)

verb

1.

walk (through relatively shallow water)

  • “Can we wade across the river to the other side?”
  • “Wade the pond”

noun

1.

English tennis player who won may women''s singles titles (born in 1945)

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Origin

From Middle English waden, from Old English wadan, from Proto-West Germanic *wadan, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną (“to go, pass through”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian waadje (“to wade”), West Frisian wâdzje (“to wade”), Dutch waden (“to wade”), German Low German waden (“to wade”), German waten (“to wade”), Danish vade (“to wade”), Swedish vada (“to wade”), Icelandic vaða (“to wade”), and Latin vādō (“go, walk; rush”).

Phrases

  • St Nicholas at Wade
  • wade in
  • wade through

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