Wading
['weɪdɪŋ] or [wed]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wade
(-) a. & n. from Wade, v.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
If you wade in clear water while dreaming, you will partake of evanescent, but exquisite joys. If the water is muddy, you are in danger of illness, or some sorrowful experiences. To see children wading in clear water is a happy prognostication, as you will be favored in your enterprises. For a young woman to dream of wading in clear foaming water, she will soon gain the desire nearest her heart. See Bathing.
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Examples
- But ere the words had passed his lips she was across the snowy road, rather skimming than wading the drifts. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Wading birds, which frequent the muddy edges of ponds, if suddenly flushed, would be the most likely to have muddy feet. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- We knew by our wading experience, however, that many streets in America are double as wide as the Jordan. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I had lived near what was called the Jersey market, and saw, with pain, the inhabitants wading in mud while purchasing their provisions. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A tribe of stalwart Moors are wading into the sea to carry us ashore on their backs from the small boats. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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