WADING

wading

(noun) walking with your feet in shallow water

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

wading (not comparable)

Appropriate to wade in.

Which wades (usually said of birds).

Verb

wading

present participle of wade

Noun

wading (countable and uncountable, plural wadings)

The act of one who wades.

Anagrams

• dawing

Source: Wiktionary


Wad"ing,

Definition: a. & n. from Wade, v. Wading bird. (Zoöl.) See Wader, 2.

WADE

Wade, n.

Definition: Woad. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Wade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wading.] Etym: [OE. waden to wade, to go, AS. wadan; akin to OFries. wada, D. waden, OHG. watan, Icel. va, Sw. vada, Dan. vade, L. vadere to go, walk, vadum a ford. Cf. Evade, Invade, Pervade, Waddle.]

1. To go; to move forward. [Obs.] When might is joined unto cruelty, Alas, too deep will the venom wade. Chaucer. Forbear, and wade no further in this speech. Old Play.

2. To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc. So eagerly the fiend . . . With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. Milton.

3. Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed as, to wade through a dull book. And wades through fumes, and gropes his way. Dryden. The king's admirable conduct has waded through all these difficulties. Davenant.

Wade, v. t.

Definition: To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded .

Wade, n.

Definition: The act of wading. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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