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.To move or pass with difficulty or labor, real or apparent; make way against hindrances or embarrassments, as depth, obscurity, or resistance, material or mental.To pass or cross by wading; ford: as, to wade a stream.n. The act of wading: as, a wade in a brook.n. A place where wading is done; a ford.n. A road. See the quotation.