wades

Walks through water

Wades is the third-person singular of wade—to walk through water or another substance that offers resistance: She wades into the surf every morning.

Figuratively, to wade through something is to make slow progress through difficult material: He wades through hundreds of emails daily.

To wade in or wade into means to enter forcefully or without hesitation: She wades into every argument.

water

ford

Walkable river crossing

stream · ripple · current · marsh · wetland · estuary · tidal · floodplain · creek · river

difficulty

slog

Laborious persistent effort

  • trudgeWalk slowly, heavily
  • plodMove slowly, heavily
  • struggleLabored effort against resistance

toil · labor · flounder · grapple · push · forge · persevere · persist · plow · muddle

Opposites
depth of water movement

wadesswims

Locomotes through water

dives · submerges · floats · plunges · treads water

speed and effort of movement

wadessprints

Brief maximum-speed runs

runs · dashes · races · glides · rushes

medium of travel

wadeswalks

Travels by foot

strides · marches · hikes · treks · climbs

Phrases
Family

wade, waded, wading, wader, waders

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G