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# waterlogged

«waterlogged» in Mova's school dictionary: **so full of water that it cannot soak up any more, so…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (waterlogged)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Waterlogged ground is so full of water that it cannot soak up any more, so puddles stay on top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterlogged/#m1)

2) A waterlogged boat or object is so full of water that it is heavy or sinks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterlogged/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons, waterlogged soil has no air, so many plants' roots rot; after heavy rain, sports pitches are waterlogged and matches are called off. In stories, a waterlogged boat sinks. Phrases: a waterlogged pitch, waterlogged soil, waterlogged fields.

### examples

- The match was cancelled because the pitch was waterlogged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterlogged/#x1)
- After days of rain, the fields were waterlogged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterlogged/#x2)
- Plants can die in waterlogged soil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterlogged/#x3)
- The old waterlogged boat sank to the bottom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterlogged/#x4)
- My shoes got waterlogged in the stream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterlogged/#x5)
- Clay soil gets waterlogged easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterlogged/#x6)

### note

One word: water + logged. Often said of sports fields in the UK, Ireland and Australia. Similar: soaked, sodden, flooded (flooded is more water on top).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «waterlogged» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterlogged/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.