verb
Meaning 1
To saturate with water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
waterlog
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Pronunciation
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verb
Meaning 2
To make (a boat) heavy and in danger of sinking by flooding it with water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water Proto-Indo-European *legh- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *léghyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log English waterlog From water + log.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: пропивам с вода (propivam s voda) — to saturate with water
- German: wässern — to saturate with water
- German: unter Wasser setzen — to saturate with water
- Hindi: जलभराव (jalabhrāv) — to saturate with water
- Polish: zalewać wodą — to saturate with water
- Polish: zalać wodą — to saturate with water
- German: volllaufen lassen — to flood a boat with water
- Hindi: जलभराव (jalabhrāv) — to flood a boat with water
- Polish: zalewać łódź wodą — to flood a boat with water
- Polish: zalać łódź wodą — to flood a boat with water