waterlog

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verb

To saturate with water.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verbwaterlog (third-person singular simple present waterlogs, present participle waterlogging, simple past and past participle waterlogged)

present singular third person waterlogs · participle present waterlogging · participle past waterlogged · past waterlogged · alternative water-log · alternative water log

  1. transitiveTo saturate with water.
  2. transitivenauticalTo make (a boat) heavy and in danger of sinking by flooding it with water.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  3. Proto-Germanic*watōr
  4. Proto-West Germanic*watar
  5. Old Englishwæter
  6. Middle Englishwater
  7. Englishwater
  8. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*légʰyeti
  10. Proto-Germanic*ligjaną
  11. Old Norseliggjader.?
  12. Middle Englishlogge
  13. Englishlog
  14. Englishwaterlog

From water + log.

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Translations

Bulgarian пропивам с вода
  • пропивам с вода (propivam s voda)to saturate with water
German wässern, unter Wasser setzen
  • wässernto saturate with water
  • unter Wasser setzento saturate with water
  • volllaufen lassento flood a boat with water
Hindi जलभराव, जलभराव
  • जलभराव (jalabhrāv)to saturate with water
  • जलभराव (jalabhrāv)to flood a boat with water
Polish zalewać wodą, zalać wodą
  • zalewać wodąto saturate with water
  • zalać wodąto saturate with water
  • zalewać łódź wodąto flood a boat with water
  • zalać łódź wodąto flood a boat with water

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APA

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MLA

“waterlog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waterlog. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “waterlog,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waterlog.

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