('US') They took off their sandals and 'waded' [=('Brit') 'paddled'] at the edge of the pond.
Most politicians would have tried to avoid the subject, but he 'waded' right 'in'.
They 'waded' the river. [=they crossed the river by walking through the water]
(..) 'For now I am bent to know by the worst means the worst. 'For mine own good, all causes shall give way. 'I am in blood stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, 'returning were as tedious as go o'er. 'Strange things I have in head that will to hand, 'which must be acted (..)2015 Macbeth