Antonyms for wade through
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : weyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : weɪd |
Definition of wade through
Origin :- Old English wadan "to go forward, proceed," in poetic use only, except as oferwaden "wade across," from Proto-Germanic *wadan (cf. Old Norse vaða, Danish vade, Old Frisian wada, Dutch waden, Old High German watan, German waten "to wade"), from PIE root *wadh- "to go," found only in Germanic and Latin (cf. Latin vadere "to go," vadum "shoal, ford," vadare "to wade"). Italian guado, French gué "ford" are Germanic loan-words.
- Specifically of walking into water from c.1200. Originally a strong verb (past tense wod, past participle wad); weak since 16c. Figurative sense of "to go into" (action, battle, etc.) is recorded from late 14c. Related: Waded; wading.
- As in learn : verb acquire information
- As in : verb work doggedly
- An' when he comes you make him wade through lead to git to the house!
- Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
- Then had to wade through snow over his , to get his cap again.
- Extract from : « Jimmy Crow » by Edith Francis Foster
- Still the voyagers were often compelled to wade through deep mire, and their sufferings were at times severe.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
- Between him and his home there was the road to cross and the meadow to wade through.
- Extract from : « The Northern Iron » by George A. Birmingham
- "Chum, you bounder," I shout, as he is about to wade through the herbaceous border.
- Extract from : « Happy Days » by Alan Alexander Milne
- The water still surrounded her, and was too deep to wade through.
- Extract from : « From Powder Monkey to Admiral » by W.H.G. Kingston
- I'm afraid we'll have to wade through and pull the canoes after us.
- Extract from : « Canoe Boys and Campfires » by William Murray Graydon
- They must plunge in and wade through or give up and go back.
- Extract from : « Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
- And it was part of my duties to wade through it every night.
- Extract from : « Q.6.a and Other places » by Francis Buckley
- Jack Frost had hardened the snow so that Reddy no longer had to wade through it.
- Extract from : « Old Granny Fox » by Thornton W. Burgess
Synonyms for wade through
- apprentice
- attain
- be taught
- be trained
- become able
- become versed
- brush up on
- burn midnight oil
- commit to memory
- con
- crack the books
- cram
- determine
- drink in
- enroll
- gain
- get
- get down pat
- get the hang of
- get the knack of
- grasp
- grind
- hammer away
- imbibe
- improve mind
- keep one's shoulder to the wheel
- lucubrate
- major in
- master
- matriculate
- memorize
- minor in
- peg away
- peruse
- pick up
- plug away
- pore over
- prepare
- put one's nose to the grindstone
- read
- receive
- review
- soak up
- specialize in
- struggle on
- study
- take course
- take in
- train in
- wade through
- work hard
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