'Wading' definitions:

Definition of 'wading'

From: WordNet
noun
Walking with your feet in shallow water

Definition of 'Wading'

From: GCIDE
  • Wading \Wad"ing\, a. & n. from Wade, v. [1913 Webster]
  • Wading bird. (Zool.) See Wader, 2. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Wading'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To go; to move forward. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • When might is joined unto cruelty, Alas, too deep will the venom wade. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Forbear, and wade no further in this speech. --Old Play. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • So eagerly the fiend . . . With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • And wades through fumes, and gropes his way. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • The king's admirable conduct has waded through all these difficulties. --Davenant. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'wading'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Wading'