Wade vs. Wode — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Wade and Wode
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Definitions
Wade
To walk in or through water or something else that similarly impedes normal movement.
Wode
Wode is a surname and may refer to: Peter Atte Wode (fl. ca.
Wade
To cross or pass through (water, for example) with difficulty
Wade a swift creek.
Wode
(obsolete) Mad, crazy, insane, possessed, rabid, furious, frantic.
Wade
The act or an instance of wading.
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Wode
Obsolete spelling of woad
Wade
(intransitive) to walk through water or something that impedes progress.
Wode
Wood.
Wade
(intransitive) to progress with difficulty
To wade through a dull book
Wade
(transitive) to walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading
Wading swamps and rivers
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Wade
(intransitive) To enter recklessly.
To wade into a fight or a debate
Wade
An act of wading.
We had to be careful during our dangerous wade across the river.
Wade
(colloquial) A ford; a place to cross a river.
Wade
Woad.
Wade
The act of wading.
Wade
To go; to move forward.
When might is joined unto cruelty,Alas, too deep will the venom wade.
Forbear, and wade no further in this speech.
Wade
To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.
So eagerly the fiend . . . With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way,And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Wade
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.
And wades through fumes, and gropes his way.
The king's admirable conduct has waded through all these difficulties.
Wade
To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded he rivers and swamps.
Wade
English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945)
Wade
Walk (through relatively shallow water);
Can we wade across the river to the other side?
Wade the pond
