0 past simple and past participle of wade
1 to walk through water or other liquid with some effort, because it is deep enough to come quite high up your legs, or thick :
We waded through 2.5 ft of stinking sewage which surrounded my constituent's house.
I have waded through the rubbish left behind by drugs misusers: foil, plastic bottles, discarded syringes, invariably vomit and occasionally human faeces.
He is evil; he takes hostages; he is cruel; he has waded to power through a sea of blood.
Yet a visitor to this country who waded through every guide that is published would know of only 8,000 hotels in all.
We have waded fax enough already, and many of us are gasping for breath.
Some years ago, those who approached the prison block from the main gate waded through a sea of litter.
I have waded through the outpourings of correspondence relating to this problem.
Anyone who has waded through the verbiage of some committee minutes will know the need for an interpreter.