wade /ˈwed/
 (vi.)跋涉(vt.)涉水跋涉,淺灘


 Wade n. The act of wading.  [Colloq.]

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 Wade, v. t. To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded ░he rivers and swamps.


 Wade n. Woad.  [Obs.]


 Wade v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wading.]
 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 ░lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly ░inder or embarrass; 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.


 Woad n.  [Written also wad, and wade.]
 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.
 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 It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing.
    Their bodies . . . painted with woad in sundry figures.   --Milton.
 Wild woad Bot., the weld (Reseda luteola).  See Weld.
 Woad mill, a mill grinding and preparing woad.

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 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"