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wade
wade
8 definitions found
for wade
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Wade \Wade\, v. t.
To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded ?he rivers and
swamps.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Wade \Wade\, n.
Woad. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Wade \Wade\, n.
The act of wading. [Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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.]
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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.
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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It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with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.
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Their bodies . . . painted with woad in sundry
figures. --Milton.
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Wild+woad+(Bot.),+the+weld+({Reseda+luteola">Wild woad (Bot.), the weld ({Reseda luteola). See Weld.
Woad mill, a mill grinding and preparing woad.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
Wade
n 1: English tennis player who won many women's singles titles
(born in 1945) [syn: Wade, Virginia Wade]
v 1: walk (through relatively shallow water); "Can we wade
across the river to the other side?"; "Wade the pond"
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :
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
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Headwords:
Wade, NC
Wade
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :
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
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Wade, MS
Wade