英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Wadding
(n.)
A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of
which wads may be made.
Wadding
(n.)
Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or
padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the
purpose.
Waddle
(v. i.)
To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side
to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and
totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when he
begins to walk; a goose waddles.
Waddle
(v. t.)
To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking
through it.
Waddled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Waddle
Waddler
(n.)
One who, or that which, waddles.
Waddling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Waddle
Waddlingly
(adv.)
In a waddling manner.
Wade
(n.)
Woad.
Wade
(v. i.)
To go; to move forward.
Wade
(v. i.)
To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move,
sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.
Wade
(v. i.)
Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed /lowly
among objects or circumstances that constantly /inder or embarrass; as,
to wade through a dull book.
Wade
(v. t.)
To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and
swamps.
Wade
(n.)
The act of wading.
Waded
(imp. & p. p.)
of Wad
Waded
(imp. & p. p.)
of Wade
Wader
(n.)
One who, or that which, wades.
Wader
(n.)
Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of
food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; --
called also wading bird. See Illust. g, under Aves.
Wadies
(pl. )
of Wady
Wading
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wade