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| Main Entry: |
wade
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plod, often through water |
| Synonyms: | attack, attempt, bathe, drudge, fall to, ford, get feet wet, get stuck in, go for, initiate, jump in, labor, launch, light into, paddle, pitch in, set about, set to, splash, start, stumble, tackle, tear into, toil, trek, walk, work through |
| Main Entry: | splash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw liquid |
| Synonyms: | bathe, bespatter, broadcast, dabble, dash, douse, drench, drown, get wet, moisten, paddle, plash, plunge, shower, slop, slosh, soak, sop, spatter, splatter, spray, spread, sprinkle, squirt, strew, throw, wade, wallow, wet |
| Main Entry: | swim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make way through water using arms, legs |
| Synonyms: | bathe, breast-stroke, crawl, dive, dog-paddle, float, freestyle, glide, go for a swim, go swimming, go wading, high-dive, move, paddle, practice, race, skinny-dip, slip, stroke, submerge, take a dip, wade |
Example Sentences
- Wade were to be overturned, a variety of state laws across the country might go into effect.
- Freshmen in college wade through a blizzard of calculus, physics and chemistry in lecture halls with hundreds of other students.
- Parents with small children wade in the shallows near the sandy beach.
| Main Entry: | trudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk heavily |
| Synonyms: | clump, drag oneself, footslog, hike, lumber, march, plod, plug along, schlepp, slog, step, stumble, stump, traipse, tramp, tread, trek, wade |
| Antonyms: | tiptoe |
| Main Entry: | wallow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slosh around in |
| Synonyms: | bathe in, be immersed, blunder, flounder, get stuck, immerse, lie, loll, lurch, move around in, reel, roll, roll about, roll around in, splash around, sprawl, stagger, stumble, sway, toss, totter, tumble, wade, welter |
| Main Entry: | slosh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | splash |
| Synonyms: | flounder, spill, splatter, wade, wallow |
| Main Entry: | swash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | splash |
| Synonyms: | bathe, bespatter, broadcast, dabble, dash, douse, drench, drown, get wet, moisten, paddle, plash, plunge, shower, slop, slosh, soak, sop, spatter, splatter, spray, spread, sprinkle, squirt, strew, throw, wade, wallow, wet |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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