Definition of: wade

(wād) v. wad·ed, wad·ing v.i.
1. To walk through water or, by extension, any substance more resistant than air, as mud, sand, etc.
2. To proceed slowly or laboriously: to wade through a lengthy book.
3. Obs. To go; proceed.
—v.t.
4. To pass or cross, as a river, by walking on the bottom; walk through; ford.
—to wade in (or into) Colloq. To attack or begin energetically or vigorously.
—noun
1. The act of wading.
2. A ford. [OE wadan go]