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