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waterlogged

[ waw-ter-lawgd, -logd, wot-er- ]

adjective

  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.



waterlogged

/ ˈ·Éɔ˳Ùəˌ±ôÉ’É¡»å /

adjective

  1. saturated with water
  2. (of a vessel still afloat) having taken in so much water as to be unmanageable
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of waterlogged1

1760–70; water + log 1 (apparently in v. sense “(of water) to accumulate in a shipâ€) + -ed 2
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To better care for delicate marine artifacts, researchers in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering developed a new hydrogel that quickly neutralizes harmful acids and stabilized waterlogged wood from an 800-year-old shipwreck.

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Bill Jackson, former director of the library, told BBC Scotland News he found old rotten furniture, ledgers, shoes and a slate urinal that were all more than 100 years old, but were waterlogged and damaged.

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The Championship meeting between Blackburn Rovers and Portsmouth was postponed following an 11:00 GMT inspection because of a waterlogged pitch.

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Peatlands are wetlands characterised by waterlogged conditions and are known carbon stores.

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Anything Helene left behind is a waterlogged shell of what used to be.

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