waterlog
Drench beyond capacity
To waterlog something is to saturate it with water until it becomes heavy and unmanageable.
A waterlogged boat has taken on so much water it can barely float.
Waterlogged soil can't absorb more rain.
The word typically appears as the adjective waterlogged: The field was too waterlogged to play on.
Thoroughly wet throughout
- soddenSaturated with liquid
- drenchedThoroughly wet throughout
- soppingThoroughly wet through
- soggyThoroughly wet and soft
dripping · permeated · steeped · imbibed · absorbed · dampened · spongy · squelchy
Of great mass
- ladenHeavily weighted down
- burdenedCarrying a heavy load
- soddenSaturated with liquid
- ponderousAwkwardly heavy or slow
cumbersome · leaden · anchored · sunk · dragging · unwieldy · bloated · sluggish
Saturated and soft
- marshySaturated with standing water
- swampyWaterlogged and soft
- mireBoggy, waterlogged terrain
- quagmireSoft, wet ground
wetland · peat · muck · sludge · muddy · clay · compacted · aeration
Organic breakdown process
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- moldForm-giving container
- mildewFungus from dampness
- warpBend from true form
swell · deterioration · wood-rot · disintegration · softening · weakening · crumbling · staining
soaked
Thoroughly wet throughout
soggy · dripping · permeated · steeped · imbibed · absorbed · dampened · spongy · squelchy · permeable
heavy
Of great mass
ponderous · cumbersome · leaden · anchored · sunk · dragging · unwieldy · bloated · sluggish
boggy
Saturated and soft
quagmire · wetland · peat · muck · sludge · muddy · clay · compacted · aeration · drainage
rot
Organic breakdown process
warp · swell · deterioration · wood-rot · disintegration · softening · weakening · crumbling · staining · buckling
inundation
Overwhelming surge of water
engulfed · swamped · immersed · floodplain · floodwater · backwater · runoff · watershed · highwater · waterline