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Definition of Bog
1. Verb. Cause to slow down or get stuck. "The vote would bog down the house"
2. Noun. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel.
Specialized synonyms: Mire, Morass, Quag, Quagmire, Slack, Slough
Generic synonyms: Wetland
Derivative terms: Boggy
3. Verb. Get stuck while doing something. "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation"
Definition of Bog
1. n. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.
2. v. t. To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire.
Definition of Bog
1. Noun. An expanse of marshland. ¹
2. Noun. (Ireland British New Zealand coarse slang) A toilet. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive informal) To become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive British informal) To make a mess of something. ¹
5. Verb. (euphemistic slang British with "off") To go away. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bog
1. to impede [v BOGGED, BOGGING, BOGS] - See also: impede
Medical Definition of Bog
1. A quagmire covered with grass or other plants, wet, spongy ground, a small marsh, plant community on wet, very acid peat. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bog
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