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 Definitions of BOG  [ɒg, bɔg]  

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Definition of 'BOG' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) bog
wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.

2.  bog
an area or stretch of such ground.

3. (v.i.) bog
to sink in or as if in a bog (often fol. by down):
We were bogged down with a lot of work.

4. (n.) bog
Usu., bogs.Brit. Slang. a lavatory; bathroom.

Etymology:  (1780–90; prob. shortening of bog-house; cf. bog to defecate)

Definition of 'BOG' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) bog, peat bog
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

2. (verb) bog down, bog
cause to slow down or get stuck
"The vote would bog down the house"

3. (verb) bog down, bog
get stuck while doing something
"She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation"


Definition of 'BOG' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) bog
be/get bogged down
unable to make progress
We got bogged down with paperwork.


Definition of 'BOG' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) BOG
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. (noun) BOG
a little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp

3. (verb) BOG
to sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire


Translation of 'BOG' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: very wet ground; marsh.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: moeras Arabic flag Arabic: مُسْتَنْقَع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: тресавище
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pântano Czech flag Czech: bažina, močál German flag German: der Sumpf
Danish flag Danish: sump Greek flag Greek: βάλτος Spanish flag Spanish: pantano, ciénaga
Estonian flag Estonian: soo Farsi flag Farsi: لجن زار؛ باتلاق Finnish flag Finnish: suo
French flag French: marécage Hebrew flag Hebrew: בִּיָצה Hindi flag Hindi: दलदल
Croatian flag Croatian: kaljuža Hungarian flag Hungarian: mocsár Indonesian flag Indonesian: lumpur
Icelandic flag Icelandic: mÿri Italian flag Italian: pantano, palude Japanese flag Japanese: 沼地
Korean flag Korean: 습지 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pelkė Latvian flag Latvian: purvs; muklājs
Malay flag Malay: bencah Dutch flag Dutch: moeras Norwegian flag Norwegian: (henge)myr, gjørme, sump
Polish flag Polish: bagno Persian flag Persian: لجن زار؛ باتلاق Pashto flag Pashto: جبه، په جبه کی ډوبول یاډو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pântano Romanian flag Romanian: mlaş­tină Russian flag Russian: трясна; болото
Slovak flag Slovak: močiar Slovenian flag Slovenian: močvirje Serbian flag Serbian: kaljuga
Swedish flag Swedish: mosse, kärr, träsk Thai flag Thai: บึง Turkish flag Turkish: bataklık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 泥塘,沼澤 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: болото, трясовина Urdu flag Urdu: دلدل ، کیچڑ والی زمین
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bãi lầy Chinese flag Chinese: 泥塘,沼泽

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