waterlogged
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waterlogged — [adj] saturated dank, drenched, dripping, drowned, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, wet, wringingwet; concept 603 … New thesaurus
waterlogged — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ saturated with or full of water. ORIGIN from archaic waterlog «make a ship unmanageable by flooding», from WATER(Cf. ↑waterless) + LOG(Cf. ↑logging) … English terms dictionary
waterlogged — [wôt′ərlôgd΄] adj. 1. soaked or filled with water so as to be almost awash, and heavy and sluggish in movement: said of boats or floating objects 2. soaked with water; swampy or spongy … English World dictionary
waterlogged — wa|ter|logged [ˈwo:təlɔgd US ˈwo:tərlo:gd, ˈwa: , la:gd] adj [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: water + log to cause to become like a log (17 20 centuries)] 1.) a waterlogged area of land is flooded with water and cannot be used waterlogged ground/soil ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
waterlogged — adjective Etymology: 1water + log to accumulate in the hold Date: circa 1776 1. so filled or soaked with water as to be heavy or hard to manage < waterlogged boats > 2. saturated with water < waterlogged soil > … New Collegiate Dictionary
waterlogged — /waw teuhr lawgd , logd , wot euhr /, adj. 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. [1760 70; WATER + LOG1… … Universalium
waterlogged — [[t]wɔ͟ːtə(r)lɒgd, AM lɔːgd[/t]] also water logged ADJ GRADED Something such as soil or land that is waterlogged is so wet that it cannot absorb any more water, so that a layer of water remains on its surface. The match between Brighton and… … English dictionary
waterlogged — adjective 1 an area that is waterlogged is flooded with water and cannot be used 2 a boat that is waterlogged is full of water and could soon sink … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
waterlogged — adj. Waterlogged is used with these nouns: ↑pitch, ↑soil … Collocations dictionary
waterlogged — wa|ter|logged [ wɔtər,lɔgd ] adjective waterlogged ground is too wet to walk on or play sports on a. used about clothes and other things that are extremely wet … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
