Wading

v. cross with difficulty; proceed slowly and with difficulty; walk in water, walk through any substance that impedes motion (snow, etc.)

This article concentrates on human swimming. For other species, see Ability to swim. Swimming is the movement used in water without artificial assistance.
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Noun
1. walking with your feet in shallow water
(hypernym) walk, walking
(derivation) wade

Verb
1. walk (through relatively shallow water); "Can we wade across the river to the other side?"; "Wade the pond"
(hypernym) walk
(hyponym) puddle
(derivation) wading bird, wader

a. & n. from Wade, v.
  

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wade
  

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.