wade

IPA: wˈeɪd

An act of wading.
(colloquial) A ford; a place to cross a river.
A topographic surname from Old English.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A system of romanization for the Chinese language based on 19th-century Pekingese pronunciation, worked out by Thomas Wade.
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
A census-designated place in Jackson County, Mississippi.
A town in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio.
Two townships in Illinois, in Clinton County and Jasper County.
Obsolete form of woad. [(countable) The plant Isatis tinctoria.]

(intransitive) to walk through water or something that impedes progress.
(intransitive) to progress with difficulty
(transitive) to walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading
(intransitive) To enter recklessly.

Examples of "wade" in Sentences

I do agree that Roe v. wade is a hard decision to defend.
Fixed "wade" water sound not playing correctly on maps like Chateau.
If roe v. wade is overturned, no more republicans … sounds good to me.
It's going to be interesting to watch him kind of wade into the waters of Washington politics.
You are well informed and you can surf the Web when others of us just kind of wade in the shallows.
As objects move through space they have to 'wade' through these Higgs particles that 'cling' to them, causing a drag that shows up as mass.
Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, the actor - HRG on the NBC series - said that the season four finale will enable them to "wade" into a new volume.
That means it can "wade" through standing water that is 27.56 inches deep -- a level just under the headlights, almost to the top of the tires and nearly halfway up the tops of the doors -
Aside from the disaster of overturning roe v wade, which is a very likely scenario if McCain wins and appoints an anti-choice judge, I think obama is more likely to appoint a justice who might actually be representative of a slice of america not presently represented on the court.