waterlogged

American  

[waw-ter-lawgd, -logd, wot-er-] / ˈwɔ tərˌlɔgd, -ˌlɒgd, ˈwɒt ər- /

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.

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waterlogged British  

/ ˈwɔːtəˌlɒɡd /

adjective

1. saturated with water

2. (of a vessel still afloat) having taken in so much water as to be unmanageable

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Etymology

Origin of waterlogged

1760–70; water + log ¹ (apparently in v. sense “(of water) to accumulate in a ship”) + -ed ²

Related Words

• soaked
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• wet