wade
verb (used without object)
to walk in water, when partially immersed.
wading
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present participleof wade.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Project Barley has experienced light flooding before but “this is the first time where you are wading in water when you open the doors in the morning,” Smith said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Further southeast, in the On Nut neighbourhood, AFP reporters saw locals wading through knee-high flood waters along a road, as well as filling up sandbags to take home.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
It is just another Tuesday for Jones, a Chicago-area resident who calls himself The Profiler and spends hours daily wading through this kind of online sludge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Since 2014, under licence from Natural Resources Wales, Hughes has been wading into the lake to collect and study the snails.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
He was seeing far fewer people wading through the water, now green-grey and streaked everywhere with oil.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
