wade

wade in or into

verb

Definition of WADE

to start work on energetically <waded deep into the repair project and didn't come out of it until four hours later>

Synonyms dive (into), tackle, wade (in or into)

Related Words address, approach, face; buckle (down to), concentrate (on), focus (on), knuckle down (to), zero (in on); fall (to), pitch in, plunge (in), settle (down); pursue, take up, undertake

Near Antonyms avoid, evade, shun; dally, dawdle, dillydally, fiddle (around), fool, idle, lag, mess, monkey (around), play, poke, potter (around), putter (around), trifle