Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Nautical Heavy and sluggish in the water because of flooding, as in the hold: a waterlogged ship.
- adj. Soaked or saturated with water: waterlogged fields; waterlogged docking.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- water + logged, past participle of log1, to accumulate (water) in a ship. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Despite a dry night Warwick has been abandoned as part of the track is still waterlogged which is a shame as Blue Spinnaker would surely have followed up his recent Doncaster win in the middle-distance handicap.”
“The village has been waterlogged which is creating a”
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“Saw on the news tonight they found a waterlogged over-sized novelty green hat floating in the rising rainwater around the culvert on Stewart Road.”
“Much of the land in the area was already waterlogged when Irene arrived, dumping another 10-15 inches of rain.”
The Huffington Post: Hurricane Irene 2011: Upstate New York, Vermont Face Major Flooding
“Roma, whose previous match, against Catania, was abandoned because of a waterlogged pitch, went 1-0 up when Totti ran on to a cheeky back-flick from Erik Lamela and his fierce shot took a deflection to beat keeper Francesco Antonioli at the near post.”
The Guardian: Serie A round-up: Juventus four points clear after beating Atalanta
“Taranto Prosecutor Franco Sebastio told a news conference that police had pulled out the waterlogged body of a blond girl resembling Sarah out of a cistern Thursday after Misseri had led them to a spot covered by stones, dirt and leaves.”
The Huffington Post: Concetta Serrano, Mother Of Missing Girl, Learns Of Daughter's Death On Live TV
“Authorities have scrambled to airlift hospital patients from the path of a cyclone roaring toward waterlogged northeastern Australia and urged low-lying communities to evacuate because of potentially deadly flash floods.”
The Guardian: Cyclone Yasi roars toward Australia's flooded north
“Add water gradually, mixing it with your hands, rubbing the grains to soften them, until they feel moist but not waterlogged.”
“It wanted to dissolve into waterlogged slime, but it was impregnated with rancid frying oil that kept it stiff.”
“Shakespeare's noblewoman fell with her garlands of "crow-flowers, nettles, daisies and long purples" into a brook, singing "snatches of old tunes" until her waterlogged clothes dragged her under to her death.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘waterlogged’.
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water phrases/words
how water is used
above water, across, over, on ..., all on a water, attend, watch (a ..., bear water, to, be on the water, to, bran and water, brandy-and-water, bread and water, burning water, by water, †cast, look, look... and 906 more...
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You're All Wet!
Wet words
dripping, soaked, flooded, drenched, plastered, flowing, wringing, torrential, h2o'd, splashed, skeezing, thirsted and 21 more...
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A Time of Gifts
lambent, gonfalon, ait, eyrie, haberdashery, belfry, capstan, spinney, barbican, hobnail, wharf, waterlogged and 64 more...
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A Dram Too Many
notanotherjazzpoet had a very promising list which appears to have petered out. Yes, tosspots: descriptions of being drunk. Walk five metres on the white line then leave your suggestions right here.
drunk, guttered, pissed, baked, three sails in th..., smashed, paralytic, out of your tree, hammered, bombed, glazed, blotto and 336 more...
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Three Sheets to the Wind
Common words or phrases of nautical origin that have taken on different or metaphorical meanings. Chained_bear and I tossed a coin over who would make the list. I won (or lost, depending on how you...
scuttlebutt, taken aback, brass monkey, boot camp, clean bill of health, three sheets to t..., the devil to pay, between the devil..., by and large, the whole nine yards, mind your ps and qs, slush fund and 116 more...
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