Synonyms

waterlogged

[waw-ter-lawgd, -logd, wot-er-]

wa·ter·logged

[waw-ter-lawgd, -logd, wot-er-]
adjective
1.
so filled or flooded with water as to be heavy or unmanageable, as a ship.
2.
excessively saturated with or as if with water: waterlogged ground; waterlogged with fatigue.

Origin:
1760–70; water + log1 (apparently in v. sense “(of water) to accumulate in a ship”) + -ed2

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wa·ter·log

[waw-ter-lawg, -log, wot-er-] verb, wa·ter·logged, wa·ter·log·ging.
verb (used with object)
1.
to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
2.
to soak, fill, or saturate with water so as to make soggy or useless.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become saturated with water.

Origin:
1770–80; apparently back formation from waterlogged
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waterlogged (ˈwɔːtəˌlɒɡd)
 
adj
1.  saturated with water
2.  (of a vessel still afloat) having taken in so much water as to be unmanageable

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