WADED
Verb
waded
simple past tense and past participle of wade
Anagrams
• dawed
Source: Wiktionary
WADE
Wade, n.
Definition: Woad. [Obs.] Mortimer.
Wade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wading.] Etym: [OE.
waden to wade, to go, AS. wadan; akin to OFries. wada, D. waden, OHG.
watan, Icel. va, 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 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.
Wade, v. t.
Definition: To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded .
Wade, n.
Definition: The act of wading. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition