Wade+through

  • 11wade through — Synonyms and related words: bone, con, contemplate, dig, drill, drudge, elucubrate, examine, fag, go over, grind, grub, hammer, hammer away, lucubrate, moil, peg, peg away, peruse, plod, plug, plug along, plug away, plunge into, pore over, pound… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 12wade through — pave the way with a required effort, advance in an awkward manner …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 13ˈwade through sth — phrasal verb to read a lot of boring information …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 14wade — [weıd] v [I always + adverb/preposition, T] [: Old English; Origin: wadan] to walk through water that is not deep wade in phr v 1.) to enter a discussion, argument etc in a forceful and annoying way, often without thinking about the possible… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15Wade — 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} …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 16wade — [ weıd ] verb intransitive to walk in or through water or other liquid that is not very deep: She waded across the stream to get the ball. ,wade in phrasal verb intransitive BRITISH INFORMAL to become involved in someone else s discussion,… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17wade — [wād] vi. waded, wading [ME waden < OE, to go, akin to Ger waten, to wade < IE base * wādh , to go, stride forward > L vadere, to go, vadare, to wade] 1. to walk through any substance, as water, mud, snow, sand, tall grass, etc., that… …

    English World dictionary

  • 18wade — ► VERB 1) walk through water or mud. 2) (wade through) read laboriously through (a long piece of writing). 3) (wade in/into) informal attack or intervene in a vigorous or forceful way. ► NOUN ▪ an act of wading. ORIGIN …

    English terms dictionary

  • 19wade — v. 1) (d; intr.) to wade across (to wade across a stream) 2) (d; intr.) to wade into (to wade into a river) 3) (d; intr.) to wade into ( to attack ) (the speaker waded into the opposing candidate) 4) (d; intr.) to wade through (to wade through… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 20wade — /wayd/, v., waded, wading, n. v.i. 1. to walk in water, when partially immersed: He wasn t swimming, he was wading. 2. to play in water: The children were wading in the pool most of the afternoon. 3. to walk through water, snow, sand, or any… …

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