as in saturated
containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water
waterlogged soil that caused the roots of the potted plant to rot
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as in wet
to make wet
the wood was too waterlogged by the downpour to be used for a fire
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Recent Examples of waterlogged
Sam Meredith, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
But five others escaped the broken fuselage of the sinking and waterlogged plane in a dramatic rescue that played out on live television.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
However, never let the soil become waterlogged, because this could lead to root rot.
—Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2025
Pumpkins left on the ground would become waterlogged, moldy, and inedible.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Oil storage silos beyond waterlogged land at the Shell Plc Pernis refinery in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
But five others escaped the broken fuselage of the sinking and waterlogged plane in a dramatic rescue that played out on live television.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
However, never let the soil become waterlogged, because this could lead to root rot.
—Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2025
Pumpkins left on the ground would become waterlogged, moldy, and inedible.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waterlogged
Adjective
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The choice between chicken or beef ultimately depends on your health goals, whether that be eating less saturated fat or increasing your iron intake.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
5 Mar. 2025
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Fog and stratus clouds Clouds are a result of saturation, but saturated air can also exist at ground level.—
Ross Lazear,
The Conversation,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Firefighters instead tried to aim water right into the back of the garbage truck without wetting the CNG cylinders nearby on the roof.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
20 Feb. 2025
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Hertz and his men moved behind the restaurant, trying to wet the ground and tearing down a fence that would just provide more fuel to the fire.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In all, 94 people, including 31 children, were rescued from flooded homes following the 3 a.m. response by city first responders on Monday, Duggan said.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Schools districts throughout Kentucky closed on Monday, citing flooded streets, dangerous travel conditions and power outages that impacted some 15,000 homes and businesses.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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Things not only got hot, the blazing solar plasma drowned out communications with Earth.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Alternatively, saturate cotton balls with essential oil and place them near all possible entry points.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Jan. 2025
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Chief among them are efforts to train crews to identify and treat an overdose and a push to saturate fleets with naloxone, the opioid antagonist, commonly administered as a nasal spray under the trade name Narcan, that can reverse overdoses and retrieve a fading patient from a mortal slide.—
C.J. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
6 June 2024
Verb
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There was a lot of talk about Aaron Rodgers being washed.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2025
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Separately, norovirus outbreaks can also spring from food that was contaminated at the source and that’s often eaten raw, like shellfish harvested from virus-laden water or produce washed with it.—
Maggie O'Neill,
SELF,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Waterlogged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterlogged. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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