Verb

(wad)

to walk through water or something that impedes progress.

* Milton

So eagerly the fiend / With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, / And swims, or sinks, or wades , or creeps, or flies.

* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII

After breakfast the men set out to hunt, while the women went to a large pool of warm water covered with a green scum and filled with billions of tadpoles. They waded in to where the water was about a foot deep and lay down in the mud. They remained there from one to two hours and then returned to the cliff.

to progress with difficulty

to wade through a dull book

* Dryden

And wades through fumes, and gropes his way.

* Davenant

The king's admirable conduct has waded through all these difficulties.

to walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading

wading swamps and rivers

To enter recklessly.

to wade into a fight or a debate

Verb

To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.

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# To witness or observe by personal experience.

#* (Bible), (w) viii. 51

Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

To form a mental picture of.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-23, author=(Mark Cocker)

, volume=189, issue=11, page=28, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Wings of Desire , passage=It is not just that we see birds as little versions of ourselves. It is also that, at the same time, they stand outside any moral process. They are utterly indifferent. This absolute oblivion on their part, this lack of sharing, is powerful.}}

# (label) To understand.

#* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)

, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic

# To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.

(label) To meet, to visit.

# To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.

#* (Bible), 1 (w) xv. 35

And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death.

# To date frequently.

(label) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.

(label) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.

To foresee, predict, or prophesy.

To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if'' or ''whether ).

(used in the imperative ) Used to emphasise a proposition.