From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
What does waterlogged mean?
1 : so filled or soaked with water as to be heavy or hard to manage waterlogged boats. 2 : saturated with water waterlogged soil.
What is waterlogged places are called?
1. waterlogged – (of soil) soft and watery; “the ground was boggy under foot “; “a marshy coastline”; “miry roads”; “wet mucky lowland”; “muddy barnyard”; “quaggy terrain”; “the sloughy edge of the pond”; “swampy bayous” boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloughy, soggy, swampy, squashy, sloppy.
Can a person get waterlogged?
In humans the kidneys control the amount of water, salts and other solutes leaving the body by sieving blood through their millions of twisted tubules. When a person drinks too much water in a short period of time, the kidneys cannot flush it out fast enough and the blood becomes waterlogged .
How do you fix waterlogged soil?
- Plant Cover Crops. Cover crops are an excellent way to use excess water. ...
- Go No-Till. A more long term strategy, going no -till improves soil structure to help with drainage. ...
- Add Organic Material. ...
- Subsoil. ...
- Build Raised Beds. ...
- A Note About Sand.
What’s another word for waterlogged?
| wet soaked | drenched sodden | soggy watery | dank dripping | saturated sopping |
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What does I’m parched mean?
English Language Learners Definition of parched
: very dry especially because of hot weather and no rain . : very thirsty.
Which soil is waterlogged?
d) Soil type
Heavy clay soils such as black cotton soils are prone to waterlogging, as they hold moisture for long periods. Also, soils prone to surface sealing cause temporary waterlogging (see Section 1.5).
What are symptoms of being waterlogged?
- Headache. (Courtesy the family of Zyrees Oliver) ...
- Nausea. (Elsa/Getty Images) ...
- Dizziness and Confusion. (Thinkstock/9nong) ...
- Cramps or Abdominal Pain. (Thinkstock/lzf) ...
- Severe Disorientation. (Thinkstock/Louis-Paul St-Onge) ...
- Seizures. (Thinkstock/MattGush)
How do you become waterlogged?
When we drink too much we dilute our body sodium (exercise-associated hyponatraemia or EAH). Fluid enters cells causing swelling. The brain is sensitive to being waterlogged.
What does being waterlogged feel like?
But when they continue to drop due to drinking more than your body is capable of excreting, it can cause symptoms like bloating, headache, brain fog, and nausea . “The kidneys have limitations of how much water they can excrete at a time, which is a maximum of 800-1,000 millileters per hour,” says Koskinen.
How do you fix a swampy yard?
Break up the soil in the swampy area with a rototiller. Apply mulch, compost or other organic material to cover the soil you broke up, and use the rototiller on it again. This process allows air into the soil, ensures that it isn’t packed and adds water-absorbing organic material that will assist water drainage.
What does a overwatered plant look like?
Signs of Overwatered Plants: What to Look For
Sign one: If a plant is overwatered, it will likely develop yellow or brown, limp leaves as opposed to dry, crispy leaves (which are actually a sign of too little water). Wilting leaves usually mean that root rot has set in and the roots can no longer absorb water.
What happens when soil becomes waterlogged?
Waterlogged soils exclude oxygen from the roots thus causing decline of the plants. What happens is the roots die off leaving the plant unable to uptake the needed moisture and nutrients for proper plant growth.
Where did the term waterlogged come from?
waterlogged (adj.)
1759 (in an account of the Battle of Lagos in “Universal Magazine,” September), from water (n. 1) + log (n. 1); the notion apparently is of “reduce to a log-like condition.” Compare logged.
What is a antonym for waterlogged?
Antonyms: dry . Synonyms: dingy, miry, spongy, squishy, pulpy, murky, mucky, loose-fitting, haphazard, baggy, sloughy, torpid, inert, sloppy, dirty, turbid, mirky, doughy, spongelike, marshy, sluggish, cloudy, swampy, slapdash, squashy, slipshod, quaggy, overemotional, soggy, boggy, muddy, muddied.
