Wading

adj, name, noun, verb

adj, name, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    gerund of wade: the act of one who wades. countable, form-of, gerund, uncountable

    "[I]n ten minutes more the sun was up, and blazing so fiercely, that we were glad to cool ourselves in fancy, by talking over salmon-fishings in Scotland and New Brunswick, and wadings in icy streams beneath the black pine-woods."

  2. 2
    walking with your feet in shallow water wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of wade form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Appropriate to wade in. not-comparable

    "The pool is too small for doing laps: it’s only a wading pool."

  2. 2
    Usually of a bird: which wades. not-comparable

    "Flamingos are wading birds."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in New Jersey.

Synonyms

All synonyms
aquaplaningaquaticsaustralian crawlbackstrokebalneationbathe

Example

More examples

"The heron is a wading bird who eats lots of small fish."

Etymology

From wade + -ing.

Related phrases

wading birdwading pool

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