To walk through water or any liquid or soft substance which impedes motion. Formerly often, to pass over a river, etc., on foot (now rare). Phrase…

intransitive. To trample in mud.

intransitive. To cross (over) by means of a ford.

intransitive. To wade in mud or mire.

To walk or travel through a place in mud or slush. Also with along or on. Also figurative.

intransitive. To plunge; to wade through water, mud, etc.; to walk laboriously over soft ground or through undergrowth, etc.; to trudge.

To walk or tread in some splashy substance.

intransitive. To wade about in mud, water, etc.; to move laboriously or trudge through mud, etc.

intransitive. To move or travel heavily or with difficulty on account of miry or muddy roads; to flounder through or along.

intransitive. To walk or tread heavily in water or wet ground, or with water in the shoes, so as to make a splashing sound.

To go or walk through mud, etc., with a dull splashing sound. Also with cognate object, and figurative.

intransitive. To trudge or plod splashily through mud or water.