wade

v., wad·ed, wad·ing, wades.

v.intr.

1. To walk in or through water or something else that similarly impedes normal movement.
2. To make one's way arduously: waded through a boring report.

v.tr.

To cross or pass through (water, for example) with difficulty: wade a swift creek.

n.

The act or an instance of wading.

phrasal verb:

wade in or into

1. To plunge into, begin, or attack resolutely and energetically: waded into the task.

[Middle English waden, from Old English wadan.]

also wade in

verb

To walk heavily, slowly, and with difficulty: plod, slog, slop, toil, trudge. See move/halt.

phrasal verb - wade in (or into)

1. To move or thrust at, under, or into the midst of with sudden force: dive, lunge, plunge. See enter/exit.
2. To start work on vigorously: attack, go at, sail in, tackle. Idioms: hop to it. See work/play.

Also, wade into. Plunge into, begin or attack resolutely and energetically, as in She waded into that pile of correspondence. This idiom transfers entering water to beginning some action. [Mid-1800s]

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In Yorkshire, Wade was a giant who built Mulgrave Castle, while his wife Bell built Pickering Castle; they also built ‘Wade's Causey’ to link the two (it is actually a Roman road). Bell owned a huge cow; a whale's jawbone over a metre long was displayed as this cow's rib at Mulgrave Castle in the 18th century. Wade was supposed to have been buried at Barnby, where two standing stones marked the grave (only one now remains). The name is that of an early Germanic hero, father of Wayland (Westwood, 1985: 343-6).

IN BRIEF: To walk through relatively shallow water.

The children were told that they could wade in the stream only up to their knees.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - vade, vade over
v. tr. - vade, vade over
n. - vaden

idioms:

• wade in    vade ind
• wade into    kaste sig over, falde over

Nederlands (Dutch)
(door) waden, doorheen werken, oversteken, waden

Français (French)
v. intr. - entrer dans l'eau, traverser à gué, barboter, se frayer un chemin pour traverser qch
v. tr. - traverser à gué, passer à gué
n. - fait de passer à gué

idioms:

• wade in    se mettre au travail, passer à l'attaque
• wade into    se mettre à (au travail), se jeter sur (qn, la foule)

Deutsch (German)
v. - waten, durchwaten, sich (mühsam) durcharbeiten, (ugs.) anpacken
n. - Waten

idioms:

• wade in    (ugs.) losgehen auf, angehen
• wade into    (ugs.) losgehen auf, angehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διασχίζω (νερό) με τα πόδια, περνώ τα ρηχά, (ΗΠΑ) τσαλαβουτώ, (μτφ.) προχωρώ με δυσκολία
n. - πλατσούρισμα, τσαλαβούτημα

idioms:

• wade in    παρεμβαίνω, ρίχνομαι με τα μούτρα για την επίλυση προβλήματος
• wade into    ρίχνομαι με τα μούτρα σε, επιτίθεμαι βίαια

Italiano (Italian)
guadare

idioms:

• wade in/into    buttarsi di gran lena

Português (Portuguese)
v. - vadear, prosseguir com dificuldades
n. - vadeador (m)

idioms:

• wade in/into    pôr as mãos em...

Русский (Russian)
переходить вброд, пробираться, преодолевать, энергично приняться за что-л., переход вброд, брод

idioms:

• wade in/into    войти, вступить, ввязаться, натолкнуться, наброситься, взяться за что-л.

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - ir vadeando, avanzar con dificultad
v. tr. - vadear
n. - vado

idioms:

• wade in    meterse en, arremeter contra, sumergirse en, acometer un trabajo o una tarea con bríos, atacar denodadamente, arremeter
• wade into    meterse en, arremeter contra, sumergirse en, acometer un trabajo o una tarea con bríos

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vada
n. - vadning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
跋涉, 涉水, 费力行走, 浅滩

idioms:

• wade in    猛烈攻击, 插手
• wade into    猛烈攻击

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 跋涉
v. tr. - 涉水, 費力行走
n. - 跋涉, 淺灘

idioms:

• wade in    猛烈攻擊, 插手
• wade into    猛烈攻擊

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - (강 따위를) 걸어서 건너다, (진창 따위를) 힘들여 걷다, 힘들여 나아가다
v. tr. - 걸어서 건너다, 힘들여 지나가다, 세차게 공격하다
n. - (물 따위의 속을) 걸어서 건넘, 애쓰며 나아감, 여울

idioms:

• wade in    얕은 여울로 들어서다
• wade into    (일 등) 힘차게 착수하다, 맹공격하다, 간신히 지나다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 歩いて渡る, やっと通る, 切り抜ける
n. - ウェード, 浅瀬, 歩いて渡ること

idioms:

• wade in/into    干渉する, 猛然と取りかかる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخوض في الماء أو الوحل, يتقدم بصعوبه (الاسم) الخوض في الماء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הלך במים, בוץ, שלג, חול וכו', עבר בקושי, פילס דרכו בכבדות‬
v. tr. - ‮קרא ספר למרות היותו משעמם, חצה נהר, תקף (משימה או אדם) במרץ‬
n. - ‮הליכה במים, בוץ, שלג, חול וכו', חציית נהר, התנהלות בכבדות, מעברת נהר‬

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wade	converse wade
Converse Wade	wade 1.3