wade

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

wade [wade wades waded wading] BrE [weɪd] NAmE [weɪd] verb
1. intransitive, transitive to walk with an effort through sth, especially water or mud
•(+ adv./prep.) He waded into the water to push the boat out.
•Sometimes they had to wade waist-deep through mud.
•~ sth They waded the river at a shallow point.
2. (NAmE) (BrE pad·dle)intransitive to walk or stand with no shoes or socks in shallow water in the sea, a lake, etc.
Derived: ↑wade in ▪ ↑wade into somebody ▪ ↑wade into something ▪ ↑wade through something
See also: ↑paddle
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English wadan ‘move onward’, also ‘penetrate’, from a Germanic word meaning ‘go (through)’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vadere ‘go’.

Example Bank:
•The men waded ashore.
•We waded across the stream.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Wade, Virginia Wade