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You can make 20 words from wade according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of wade

wade awde wdae dwae adwe dawe waed awed wead ewad aewd eawd wdea dwea weda ewda dewa edwa adew daew aedw eadw deaw edaw

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Definitions and meaning of wade

wade

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /weɪd/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /wed/
• Rhymes: -eɪd
• Homophones: wayed, weighed, wheyed (all not in Scotland)

Etymology 1

From Middle English waden, from Old English wadan, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go”). Cognates include German waten (“wade”) and Latin vādō (“go, walk; rush”) (whence English evade, invade, pervade).

Verb

wade (third-person singular simple present wades, present participle wading, simple past and past participle waded)

1. (intransitive) to walk through water or something that impedes progress.
2. (intransitive) to progress with difficulty
3. (transitive) to walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading

4. (intransitive) To enter recklessly.

Translations

Noun

wade (plural wades)

1. An act of wading.

2. (colloquial) A ford; a place to cross a river.

Translations

Related terms

• wade in
• wade through

Etymology 2

Noun

wade (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of woad.

References

• “wade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Dawe, Dewa, awed

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• waarde, woarde (Moselle Franconian)
• waade (Ripuarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German warden, northern variant of warten, from Old High German wartēn, from Proto-West Germanic *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną. Compare Luxembourgish waarden, German warten, English ward, Yiddish וואַרטן (vartn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋaː².də/

Verb

wade (third-person singular present waad, past tense wadet, present participle wadend or wadens, past participle jewaad)

1. (Kirchröadsj, intransitive) to wait (for) [+ óp (accusative)]

Derived terms

• aafwade
• ópwade
• verwade
• wadentere
• Wadoeng f

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋaː.də/
• Hyphenation: wa‧De
• Rhymes: -aːdə

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wade, from Old Dutch *watho, from Proto-Germanic *waþwô.

Cognate with German Wade (“calf (of leg)”), Swedish vad (“calf (of leg)”) and Afrikaans waai (“popliteal”).

Noun

wade f (plural waden, diminutive waadje n)

1. popliteus

Descendants

• Afrikaans: waai

Etymology 2

Noun

wade f (plural waden, diminutive waadje n)

1. shroud

Derived terms

• lijkwade

Related terms

• gewaad

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch wade, reformed from waet through influence of the collective gewade (modern gewaad). Further from Old Dutch *wāt, from Proto-Germanic *wēd-.

Cognate with Middle High German wāt, Old Saxon wād, Old English wǣd, Old Norse váð.

Noun

wade f (plural waden, diminutive waadje n)

1. type of trawl

Synonyms

• schrobnet

Hypernyms

• sleepnet

Etymology 4

Verb

wade

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of waden

Middle English

Verb

wade

1. Alternative form of waden