The meaning of WATERLOGGED is so filled or soaked with water as to be heavy or hard to manage. How to use waterlogged in a sentence.

WATERLOGGED definition: so filled or flooded with water as to be heavy or unmanageable, as a ship. See examples of waterlogged used in a sentence.

WATERLOGGED definition: 1. (of land) full of water and almost covered by a layer of it: 2. (of a boat) full of water and…. Learn more.

Something such as soil or land that is waterlogged is so wet that it cannot absorb any more water, so that a layer of water remains on its surface. The match is off because of a waterlogged pitch.

1. Nautical Heavy and sluggish in the water because of flooding, as in the hold: a waterlogged ship. 2. Soaked or saturated with water: waterlogged fields; waterlogged docking.

Definition of waterlogged adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Factsheet What does the adjective waterlogged mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective waterlogged. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

waterlogged Add to list Definitions of waterlogged adjective (of soil) soft and watery synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy

Dec 14, 2025 · waterlogged (comparative more waterlogged, superlative most waterlogged) Soaked with water. quotations

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2022 wa•ter•logged (wô′ tər lôgd′, -logd′, wot′ ər-), adj. so filled or flooded with water as to be heavy or unmanageable, as a …