wader

[US]/'weɪdə/
[UK]/'wedɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a person who wades in water; a person who journeys on foot through water; high waterproof boots

Phrases & Collocations

fishing waders

rubber waders

Example Sentences

flocks of waders often perform aerial evolutions.

The fish nipped the wader's toe.

my waders and fishing gear weighed me down.

The fisherman wore waders to protect himself from the cold water.

She went wading in the stream wearing her trusty waders.

The birdwatcher wore waders to walk through the marsh.

He put on his waders before stepping into the pond to catch frogs.

The hiker wore waders to cross the shallow river.

The angler donned his waders before casting his line into the river.

She borrowed a pair of waders to go clam digging at the beach.

The biologist wore waders to study the aquatic plants in the pond.

The photographer wore waders to get the perfect shot of the waterfowl.

He always keeps a pair of waders in his car for impromptu fishing trips.

Real-world Examples

But life is far from simple for a well-travelled wader.

Source: Nordic Wild Style Chronicles

For those of us without waders, this kind of aquaculture is our best shot at a fish fry.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation August 2016

They've even been known to hang with other  waders like herons, egrets, and ibises.

Source: Animal Logic

Despite being waders, scarlet  ibises don't have super webbed feet.

Source: Animal Logic

You see that guy in the fedora and the wader boots?

Source: Kylie Diary Season 2

I spent a lot of time in hip waders, which was... really lame.

Source: Pretty Little Liars Season 2

These gorgeous waders are losing their habitats, due to wetlands being drained or  pollution contaminating the water.

Source: Animal Logic

From Red Caps they moved on to Kappas, creepy water-dwellers that looked like scaly monkeys, with webbed hands itching to strangle unwitting waders in their ponds.

Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Anything with a D, double D. - Double D, basically. But they still have the non-rhoticity that we have so they don't say 'water', American say 'water'. But they don't say 'water' they say 'wader'.

Source: English Accent Showdown

Then a dozen or more were shoved off, and the Don, tall like a crane and a good natural wader, jumped in after them, seized a struggling wether, and dragged it to the opposite shore.

Source: Summer walks through the mountains.

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