Wading

Wade  (wd), Benjamin Franklin 1800-1878.

American politician who served as a U.S. senator from Ohio (1851-1869) and jointly authored the Wade-Davis Manifesto (1864), which declared the primacy of Congress in matters of the Reconstruction.

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wade  (wd)

v. wad·ed, wad·ing, wades

v.intr.

1. To walk in or through water or something else that similarly impedes normal movement.

2. To make one's way arduously: waded through a boring report.

v.tr.

To cross or pass through (water, for example) with difficulty: wade a swift creek.

n.

The act or an instance of wading.

Phrasal Verb:

wade in/into

To plunge into, begin, or attack resolutely and energetically: waded into the task.

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[Middle English waden, from Old English wadan.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wading - walking with your feet in shallow water walk, walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"