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waterlog

[ waw-ter-lawg, -log, wot-er- ]

verb (used with object)

waterlogged, waterlogging.
  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.


verb (used without object)

waterlogged, waterlogging.
  1. to become saturated with water.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of waterlog1

First recorded in 1770–80; apparently back formation from waterlogged
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"Beavers can flood and waterlog fields, feed on agricultural crops like maize, as well as damage and fell trees such as cricket bat willow."

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Not at Marvel's oversaturation – we passed the waterlog point long ago.

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“Waterlog,†narrated with suitably wonkish enthusiasm by Mike Cooper, is Deakin’s account of his pond-hopping exodus, in which he dives headlong into the historical and literary associations of the various moats, canals, lochs, lakes, rivers and springs along his route.

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For one thing, the ice cubes could still waterlog your plant if they melt faster than they can be absorbed, she says.

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In Waterlog, his celebrated chronicle of swimming through Britain’s waterways, the naturalist Roger Deakin described swimming as having a transformative, Alice-in-Wonderland quality; it was an activity that had power over his perception of self and of time.

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