(~s, wading, ~d)
1.
If you ~ through something that makes it difficult to walk, usually water or mud, you walk through it.
Rescuers had to ~ across a river to reach them...
VERB: V prep/adv
2.
To ~ through a lot of documents or pieces of information means to spend a lot of time and effort reading them or dealing with them.
It has taken a long time to ~ through the ‘incredible volume’ of evidence...
VERB: V through n