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waterlogged - 5 dictionary results

wa⋅ter⋅logged

  [waw-ter-lawgd, -logd, wot-er-]
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–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 + log 1 (appar. in v. sense “(of water) to accumulate in a ship”) + -ed 2

wa⋅ter⋅log

  [waw-ter-lawg, -log, wot-er-] verb, -logged, -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; appar. back formation from waterlogged
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wa·ter·log   (wô'tər-lôg', -lŏg', wŏt'ər-)   
tr.v.   wa·ter·logged, wa·ter·log·ging, wa·ter·logs
  1. To make (a boat, for example) heavy and unwieldy by flooding with water.
  2. To saturate with water and make soggy or unusable.

[Back-formation from waterlogged.]
wa·ter·logged   (wô'tər-lôgd', -lŏgd', wŏt'ər-)   
adj.  
  1. Nautical Heavy and sluggish in the water because of flooding, as in the hold: a waterlogged ship.
  2. Soaked or saturated with water: waterlogged fields; waterlogged docking.

[water + logged, past participle of log1, to accumulate (water) in a ship.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry: wa·ter·logged
Pronunciation: -"lägd
Function: adjective
: EDEMATOUS waterlogged —R. L. Cecil & R. F. Loeb>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Language Translation for : waterlogged
Spanish: anegado, inundado; empapado,
German: voll Wasser,
Japanese: 水びたしの
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