'Wade' definitions:
Definition of 'Wade'
(from WordNet)
noun
English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945) [syn: Wade, Virginia Wade]
verb
Walk (through relatively shallow water); "Can we wade across the river to the other side?"; "Wade the pond"
Definition of 'Wade'
From: GCIDE
- Wade \Wade\, v. t. To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded ?he rivers and swamps. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wade'
From: GCIDE
- Wade \Wade\, n. The act of wading. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wade'
From: GCIDE
- Wade \Wade\, n. Woad. [Obs.] --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wade'
From: GCIDE
- Wade \Wade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wading.] [OE. waden to wade, to go, AS. wadan; akin to OFries. wada, D. waden, OHG. watan, Icel. va?a, Sw. vada, Dan. vade, L. vadere to go, walk, vadum a ford. Cf. Evade, Invade, Pervade, Waddle.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To go; to move forward. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- When might is joined unto cruelty, Alas, too deep will the venom wade. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Forbear, and wade no further in this speech. --Old Play. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc. [1913 Webster]
- So eagerly the fiend . . . With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- And wades through fumes, and gropes his way. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- The king's admirable conduct has waded through all these difficulties. --Davenant. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'wade'
From: GCIDE
- Woad \Woad\, n. [OE. wod, AS. w[=a]d; akin to D. weede, G. waid, OHG. weit, Dan. vaid, veid, Sw. veide, L. vitrum.] [Written also wad, and wade.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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 It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing. [1913 Webster]
- Their bodies . . . painted with woad in sundry figures. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Wild woad (Bot.), the weld (Reseda luteola). See Weld.
- Woad mill, a mill grinding and preparing woad. [1913 Webster]
Wade, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Wade, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000) :
480
Housing Units (2000) :
220
Land area (2000) :
1.305882 sq. miles (3.382218 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.009230 sq. miles (0.023906 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.315112 sq. miles (3.406124 sq. km)
FIPS code :
70340
Located within :
North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location :
35.161774 N, 78.732977 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
28395
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Wade, MS -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Mississippi
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Wade, MS -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Mississippi
Population (2000) :
491
Housing Units (2000) :
174
Land area (2000) :
4.361655 sq. miles (11.296635 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.024565 sq. miles (0.063622 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
4.386220 sq. miles (11.360257 sq. km)
FIPS code :
77080
Located within :
Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location :
30.641942 N, 88.551069 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.