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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)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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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"
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1. (verb) bog
be/get bogged down
unable to make progress
We got bogged down with paperwork.
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Webster Dictionary |
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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
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Sense: very wet ground; marsh.
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 Afrikaans: moeras |
 Arabic: مُسْتَنْقَع |
 Bulgarian: тресавище |
 Brazilian: pântano |
 Czech: bažina, močál |
 German: der Sumpf |
 Danish: sump |
 Greek: βάλτος |
 Spanish: pantano, ciénaga |
 Estonian: soo |
 Farsi: لجن زار؛ باتلاق |
 Finnish: suo |
 French: marécage |
 Hebrew: בִּיָצה |
 Hindi: दलदल |
 Croatian: kaljuža |
 Hungarian: mocsár |
 Indonesian: lumpur |
 Icelandic: mÿri |
 Italian: pantano, palude |
 Japanese: 沼地 |
 Korean: 습지 |
 Lithuanian: pelkė |
 Latvian: purvs; muklājs |
 Malay: bencah |
 Dutch: moeras |
 Norwegian: (henge)myr, gjørme, sump |
 Polish: bagno |
 Persian: لجن زار؛ باتلاق |
 Pashto: جبه، په جبه کی ډوبول یاډو |
 Portuguese: pântano |
 Romanian: mlaştină |
 Russian: трясна; болото |
 Slovak: močiar |
 Slovenian: močvirje |
 Serbian: kaljuga |
 Swedish: mosse, kärr, träsk |
 Thai: บึง |
 Turkish: bataklık |
 Taiwanese: 泥塘，沼澤 |
 Ukrainian: болото, трясовина |
 Urdu: دلدل ، کیچڑ والی زمین |
 Vietnamese: bãi lầy |
 Chinese: 泥塘，沼泽 |
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