🌱 Soil too wet 🌊 Flooded area

waterlogging

4.1

Water that collects in streets or buildings and stops normal use

noun
/ˈwɔːtərˌlɔːɡɪŋ/

Specialized

: inundación

The farmers struggled with waterlogging in their fields, which harmed their crops and reduced yields.

Examples

We should accelerate construction of water conservancy projects and enhance our capacity for responding to floods, drought, and waterlogging in urban and rural areas.

Blog text (13)
The frequent waterlogging after heavy rains made it difficult for residents to access their homes.
During the monsoon season, waterlogging often occurs in low-lying areas, disrupting daily activities.

Synonyms

flooding

vswaterlogging

136 2.1

A large amount of water covering land that is usually dry

focuses on water build-up that disrupts streets or buildings

inundation

vswaterlogging

1 7.7

Flooding of land when water covers areas that are normally dry

involves water collecting until it disrupts use or damages buildings

flowage

vswaterlogging

8.8

Land or place that becomes filled with water after heavy rain

describes the result of water collecting that disrupts use or causes damage

waterflood

vswaterlogging

6.3

A sudden large flow of water that floods land

is a slower accumulation that disrupts use rather than sudden deluge

waterlog

vswaterlogging

6.1

An area of ground filled with water and very soft to walk on

focuses on water build-up that disrupts streets or damages buildings instead

Antonyms

drainage

43 3.5

Removing liquid so it flows away from a place or object

drying up

1 3.2

A process in which water leaves something until it is no longer wet

How Flooded

flooding

136 2.1

waterlogging

Specialized

4.1

to puddle

1 2.0

dampness

8 1.0

dryness

8 1.0

Surface Forms

waterlogging singular

waterloggings plural

Morphology

waterlogging = waterlog (transparent) = water + log + ing

Derived by -ing from the verb 'waterlog' (water + log), so the meaning 'accumulation/saturation with water' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Waterlogging comes from the parts water and logging, which you can think of as 'filling' or 'blocking' with water. Picture streets or rooms becoming full of water so people cannot use them. So waterlogging means a build-up of water that disrupts normal use or causes damage.