What does wading mean?
Wading means Appropriate to wade in..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Appropriate to wade in..
The pool is too small for doing laps: it’s only a wading pool.
Flamingos are wading birds.
[I]n ten minutes more the sun was up, and blazing so fiercely, that we were glad to cool ourselves in fancy, by talking over salmon-fishings in Scotland and New Brunswick, and wadings in icy streams beneath the black pine-woods.
Bradly tapped the ashes from his pipe, signifying a leisured interlude over. "Time to get a move on," he said, and began to unlace his boots for wading.
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Wading means Appropriate to wade in..
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The pool is too small for doing laps: it’s only a wading pool.
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