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waterlog

[waw-ter-lawg, -log, wot-er-]
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verb (used with object), wa·ter·logged, wa·ter·log·ging.
  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.
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verb (used without object), wa·ter·logged, wa·ter·log·ging.
  1. to become saturated with water.
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Origin of waterlog

First recorded in 1770–80; apparently back formation from waterlogged
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Related Words for waterlogging

drench, sprinkle, dampen, soak, saturate, wash, wet, squirt, steam, rinse, permeate, impregnate, suffuse, pervade, douse, infuse, penetrate, imbue, steep, immerse

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Historical Examples of waterlogging

  • The English engineers in the main retained the faulty Moghal alignment, and waterlogging of the worst description developed.

    The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir

    Sir James McCrone Douie

  • Waterlogging is a great evil and accounts for the terrible epidemics of fever, which have occurred from time to time.

Word Origin and History for waterlogging

waterlog

v.

1779, from water (n.1) + log (n.); the notion is of "reduce to a log-like condition."

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