Noun:

Wading,

wading's Usage Examples:

Dean spent the balance of Friday wading through paperwork, a chore made more depressing than usual because yesterday's driz­zle had given birth to a storybook spring day.

BITTERN, a genus of wading birds, belonging to the family Ardeidae, comprising several species closely allied to the herons, from which they differ chiefly in their shorter neck, the back of which is covered with down, and the front with long feathers, which can be raised at pleasure.

The whole wing is a unique modification, deeply affecting the skeletal, muscular and tegumentary structures, but fluttering, skimming, sailing, soaring are motions much more akin to one another than climbing and grasping, running, scratching, paddling and wading.

They all removed their shoes and socks and rolled up their pants legs before wading into the cold water.

Glareolidae, wading swallows and coursers.

After more tiresome wading through the endless snowdrift we reached the featureless tump of Pen Twyn Glas 646m.

Caleb Cushing >>Cushing himself swam to the swamps on the river bank, and after wading among them for hours reached a Federal picket boat.

There are far too many good first person shooters around for me to justify wading through endless labyrinths.

The shallow water and islands are attractive to wading birds on migration, such as greenshank, spotted redshank and green sandpiper.

Legs of the wading type.

It is possible to enter this adit wading through the water and penetrate the old workings for a considerable distance.

The floor was thick with mud where ruffians had sat down to drink or consult after wading in the marshes round their camp.

Among the wading and running birds, of which the ema is the largest representative, there are many species of both descriptions.

Synonyms:

walking, walk,

Antonyms:

misbehave, stay in place, ride,