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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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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.
He famously told of attempts to waterlog the infield, and even moving the fences in between half-innings.
He also became a leading opponent to the Cardiff Barrage, backed by the Tory government and some Welsh Labour MPs, because he feared it would waterlog his constituency.
For instance, the constant and reliable irrigation a dam provides can waterlog the ground.
I have seen Turkish coastguards passing very fast in front of the boats to waterlog the engines.

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