wading

4 definitions found

wading - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wading \Wad"ing\,
     a. & n. from Wade, v.
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     Wading bird. (Zool.) See Wader, 2.
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  Wade \Wade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Wading.] [OE. waden to wade, to go, AS. wadan; akin to
     OFries. wada, D. waden, OHG. watan, Icel. va?a, Sw. vada,
     Dan. vade, L. vadere to go, walk, vadum a ford. Cf. Evade,
     Invade, Pervade, Waddle.]
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     1. To go; to move forward. [Obs.]
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              When might is joined unto cruelty,
              Alas, too deep will the venom wade.   --Chaucer.
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              Forbear, and wade no further in this speech. --Old
                                                    Play.
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     2. To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move,
        sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.
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              So eagerly the fiend . . .
              With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way,
              And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed ?lowly
        among objects or circumstances that constantly ?inder or
        embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.
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              And wades through fumes, and gropes his way.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              The king's admirable conduct has waded through all
              these difficulties.                   --Davenant.
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wading - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wading
      n 1: walking with your feet in shallow water

wading - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "wading":
     Australian crawl, aquaplaning, aquatics, backstroke, balneation,
     bathe, bathing, breaststroke, butterfly, crawl, diving, dog paddle,
     fin, fishtail, flapper, flipper, floating, natation, sidestroke,
     surfboarding, surfing, swim, swimming