Past tense of wade
regular verb
The past tense of wade is waded. The past participle is also waded.
Forms of wade
| Base form (V1) | wade /weɪd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | waded |
| Past participle (V3) | waded |
| Present participle | wading |
| Third person singular | wades |
Waded in a sentence
- They waded in to where the water was about a foot deep and lay down in the mud.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp....
- It's rain afoor meeght, t'sun waded sadly ez sha peeped ower Roseberry.1911, Richard Blakeborough, Wit, Character, Folklore & Customs of the North Riding of Yorkshire, page 486
- He waded out, the stream eddying around his legs.From the entry eddy
- They waded further up the rith.From the entry rith
- Tourists, students, Parisiens and Parisiennes waded up and down the spacious square’s treed sidewalks.2009, Rob Addison, chapter 1, in The Hands of Time, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry Parisien
Meaning of wade
- verb To walk through water or something that impedes progress.
- verb To progress with difficulty.
- verb To walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading.
Questions about the past tense of wade
- What is the past tense of wade?
- The past tense of wade is waded.
- What is the past participle of wade?
- The past participle of wade is waded.
- Is wade a regular or irregular verb?
- Wade is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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