wade

intransitive verb

To walk in or through water or something else that similarly impedes normal movement.

intransitive verb

To cross or pass through (water, for example) with difficulty.

noun

The act or an instance of wading.

phrasal verb

To begin resolutely or energetically to do (something).

phrasal verb

To read (something) with great effort.

noun

The act of wading: as, a wade in a brook.

noun

A place where wading is done; a ford.

noun

A road. See the quotation.

To walk through any substance that impedes the free motion of the limbs; move by stepping through a fluid or other semiresisting medium: as, to wade through water; to wade through sand or snow.

To enter in; penetrate.