Bog

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An area having a wet, spongy, acidic substrate composed chiefly of sphagnum moss and peat in which characteristic shrubs and herbs and sometimes trees usually grow.
  • n. Any of certain other wetland areas, such as a fen, having a peat substrate. Also called peat bog.
  • n. An area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground.
  • v. To cause to sink in or as if in a bog: We worried that the heavy rain across the prairie would soon bog our car. Don't bog me down in this mass of detail.
  • verb-intransitive. To be hindered and slowed.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An expanse of marshland.
  • n. A toilet.
  • v. To become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.
  • v. To make a mess of something.
  • v. To go away.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • n. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
  • v. To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Wet, soft, and spongy ground, where the soil is composed mainly of decayed and decaying vegetable matter; a quagmire covered with grass or other plants; a piece of mossy or peaty ground; a moss.
  • n. A little elevated piece of earth in a marsh or swamp, filled with roots and grass.
  • To sink or submerge in a bog, or in mud and mire: used chiefly in the passive, to be bogged.
  • To sink or stick in a bog; hence, to flounder among obstacles; be stopped.
  • n. A specter; a bugbear.
  • Bold; sturdy; self-sufficient; petulant; saucy.
  • n. Brag; boastfulness.
  • To boast.
  • To provoke.
  • To ease the body by stool.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. get stuck while doing something
  • n. 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
  • v. cause to slow down or get stuck
  • Verb Form
    bogged    bogging    bogs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    break    stop    break off    discontinue    slow down    slow    slow up   
    Form
    bogged    bogging    bog iron    bog brush    bog roll    bog standard    bog bilberry    bog orchid    bog up    bog down   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    marsh    morass    Mars    moor    swamp    taboo    dunny    slang    shithouse   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hogg    Og    Ogg    Prague    Prolog    Rog    agog    blog    clog    cog   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    swamp    morass    fen    quagmire    mire    muskeg    lagoon    gulf    slime    ditch