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Of land or soil: Holding water, saturated with water, heavy.
Of bread: Doughy. Of soil, earth: Moist and unctuous.
Of earth, ground, etc.: damp, wet. Now rare.
Exuding moisture. Of soil: Oozing, swampy.
Having a soft elastic or porous texture resembling that of a sponge; deficient in solidity or… Of ground or soil, esp. through excess of moisture.
Applied to earth holding standing water.