Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
wade , v. - (Zoöl.) See
Wader , 2.
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- adjective Appropriate to wade in.
- adjective Which wades
- verb Present participle of
wade .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun walking with your feet in shallow water
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Examples
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Downstream will work, and in heavy water, the wading is a little easier.
The Pickpocket 1999
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Interested in wading into the next generation OPAC waters?
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There was a herd of elk wading from the island where they spent the night to a National Wildlife Area. 200 yards away.
hey guys i woke up at 3:00 today and had to get firewood and saw a really nice 8 pointer. 2010
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Traditional dry fly fishing while wading is thought to be done upstream ...
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Traditional dry fly fishing while wading is thought to be done upstream ...
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There was a herd of elk wading from the island where they spent the night to a National Wildlife Area. 200 yards away.
hey guys i woke up at 3:00 today and had to get firewood and saw a really nice 8 pointer. 2010
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I'm not necessarily interested in wading into the brouhaha over whether Bush's remarks in Jerusalem yesterday were an implicit attack on Barack Obama.
Jonathan Alter's Uninterrupted Partisanship - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com 2008
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And I have no interest at all in wading through his 400-plus comments about how worthless and corrupt all American reporters are.
Off the record David 2008
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Batman comics showed Robin wading through drainage pipes, climbing mountains, and visiting outer space.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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Suggesting to your attractive female friend that "wet wading is the way to go" even though the air temp is 56-degrees, and it's runoff ... both naughty and nice.
Naughty and Nice: A Flyfisher's Checklist Tim Romano 2008
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