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Definition of "waterlogged" []

  • Nautical Heavy and sluggish in the water because of flooding, as in the hold: a waterlogged ship. (adjective)
  • Soaked or saturated with water: waterlogged fields; waterlogged docking. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "waterlogged" in a sentence
  • "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"
  • "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."
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