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waded

waded is the simple past and past participle of wade.

Meaning of wade

Verb

wade (third-person singular simple present wades, present participle wading, simple past and past participle waded)

  1. (intransitive) To walk through water or something that impedes progress.
    • So eagerly the fiend […] / With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, / And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  2. (intransitive) To progress with difficulty.
    • to wade through a dull book
  3. (transitive) To walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading.
    • wading swamps and rivers
  4. To gleam intermittently through clouds or mist.
    • I saw my Meg come linking o'er the lee; I saw my Meg, but Maggy saw nae me: For yet the sun was wading through the mist, And she was close upon me ere she wist.1821, Allan Ramsay, The Gentle Shepherd, Etc, page 6
  5. (intransitive) To enter recklessly.
    • to wade into a fight or a debate

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What is waded the simple past and past participle of?
Waded is the simple past and past participle of wade.

Words near waded in the dictionary

  1. Wade-Dahl-Till valve
  2. Wade-Dahl-Till valves
  3. Wade-Giles
  4. wadeable
  5. Wadebridge
  6. waded
  7. waded in
  8. waded through
  9. wadeite
  10. Wadena
  11. Wadena County

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