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waterlogged

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wa·ter·logged  (wôtr-lôgd, -lgd, wtr-)
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 log, to accumulate (water) in a ship.]

waterlogged [ˈwɔːtəˌlɒgd]
adj
1. saturated with water
2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (of a vessel still afloat) having taken in so much water as to be unmanageable
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Adj.1.waterlogged - (of soil) soft and waterywaterlogged - (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous"
wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"

waterlogged
adjective soaked, saturated, drenched, sodden, streaming, dripping, sopping, wet through, wringing wet, droukit or drookit (Scot.) The football match is off because of a waterlogged pitch.
Translations
waterlogged [ˈwɔːtəlɒgd] ADJ [ground] → anegado, inundado; [pitch] → encharcado, inundado; [boat, ship] → inundado; [wood, paper] → empapado
to get waterlogged [ground] → anegarse, inundarse; [wood, paper] → empaparse
waterlogged [ˈwɔːtərlɒgd] adj [grass, soil] → détrempé(e)
water main nconduite f principale d'alimentation en eau
waterlogged [ˈwɔːtəˌlɒgd] adj (ground) → impregnato/a or imbevuto/a d'acqua; (fields, football pitch) → allagato/a; (shoes) → inzuppato/a


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After soaking two years and then lying high six months it was perfectly sound, though waterlogged past drying.
 
 
 
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