WADE (AM)
WordNet
noun
(1) English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945)
verb
(2) Walk (through relatively shallow water)
"Can we wade across the river to the other side?"
"Wade the pond"
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Etymology
Old English wadan, from common Germanic *wadan, from Proto-Indo-European *wadh- "to go". Cognates include Latin vadere "go, walk; rush" (whence English invade, evade).
Verb
- to walk through water or something that impedes progress
- to progress with difficulty