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What does waterlog mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) to make a boat heavy and in danger of sinking by flooding with water
  2. (transitive) to saturate something with water
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I have seen Turkish coastguards passing very fast in front of the boats to waterlog the engines.
And poor irrigation can cause soil to waterlog and grow too salty to use.
Pouring cream, which you have to chase around the plate, may waterlog your pancake and squirty cream would be as welcome here as shaving foam – if less tasty.
Furthermore, with particular reference to irrigation, waterlog problem prevalent in the Niger Delta, could be further aggravated through pumpage from the surface streams.
Roger Deakin, whose aquatic voyage round Britain is charted in his book, Waterlog, believes the roots of our deep affinity with water are primeval.
One evening of full-fledged rain in April was enough to waterlog the streets.

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