wading

3 definitions • 4 examples

present participle of

to walk through water or other liquid with some effort, because it is deep enough to come quite high up your legs, or thick :

The river was full but we managed to wade across.

We waded a shallow river.

They had to wade through a swamp.

to walk in water that is not very deep:

We rolled up our trousers and waded at the edge of the lake.