Definitions for BoG
bɒg, bɔgbog

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bog, peat bogverb

   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. bog down, bogverb

   cause to slow down or get stuck

   "The vote would bog down the house"

3. bog down, bogverb

   get stuck while doing something

   "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BOGnoun

   A marish; a morass; a ground too soft to bear the weight of the body.

   Etymology: bog, soft, Irish.

   Through fire and through flame, through ford and whirlpool, o’er bog and quagmire. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   A gulf profound! as that Serbonian bog,
   Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old. Par. Lost, b. ii.

   He walks upon bogs and whirlpools; wheresoever he treads, he sinks. South.

   Learn from so great a wit, a land of bogs
   With ditches fenc’d, a heaven fat with fogs. Dryden.

   He is drawn, by a sort of ignis fatuus, into bogs and mire, almost every day of his life. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bog

   A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses, and in a majority of cases, sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, quagmire, and muskeg; alkaline mires are called fens. They are frequently covered in ericaceous shrubs rooted in the sphagnum moss and peat. The gradual accumulation of decayed plant material in a bog functions as a carbon sink.Bogs occur where the water at the ground surface is acidic and low in nutrients. In some cases, the water is derived entirely from precipitation, in which case they are termed ombrotrophic (cloud-fed). Water flowing out of bogs has a characteristic brown colour, which comes from dissolved peat tannins. In general, the low fertility and cool climate result in relatively slow plant growth, but decay is even slower owing to the saturated soil. Hence, peat accumulates. Large areas of the landscape can be covered many meters deep in peat.Bogs have distinctive assemblages of animal, fungal and plant species, and are of high importance for biodiversity, particularly in landscapes that are otherwise settled and farmed.

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1. bog

   A bog is a type of wetland which accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material—usually mosses, but also lichens in extremely cold climates. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Bogs are characterized by spongy peat deposits, acidic waters and a floor covered by a thick carpet of sphagnum moss. They often develop in poorly draining lake basins created by glaciers during the last ice age.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Bognoun

   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. Bognoun

   a little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp

3. Bogverb

   to sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bog

   A bog is a mire that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses, and in a majority of cases, Sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, quagmire and muskeg; alkaline mires are called fens. Frequently, as the illustration on the right shows, they are covered in Ericaceous shrubs rooted in the Sphagnum moss and peat. The gradual accumulation of decayed plant material in a bog functions as a carbon sink. Bogs occur where the water at the ground surface is acidic and low in nutrients. In some cases, the water is derived entirely from precipitation, in which case they are termed ombrotrophic. Water flowing out of bogs has a characteristic brown colour, which comes from dissolved peat tannins. In general the low fertility and cool climate results in relatively slow plant growth, but decay is even slower owing to the saturated soil. Hence peat accumulates. Large areas of landscape can be covered many meters deep in peat. Bogs have a distinctive group of plant and animal species, and are of high importance for biodiversity, particularly in landscapes that are otherwise settled and farmed.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Bog

   bog, n. soft ground: a marsh or quagmire.—v.t. to sink or to entangle.—n. Bog′-butt′er, a mineral substance, resembling butter, found in Irish bogs.—adj. Bogg′y.—ns. Bog′let, Bog′land; Bog′-moss, a genus of moss plants; Bog′-oak, trunks of oak embedded in bogs and preserved from decay—of a deep black colour, often used for making ornaments; Bog′-ore, a kind of iron ore found in boggy land; Bog′-spav′in, a lesion of the hock-joint of the horse, consisting in distension of the capsule enclosing the joint, usually arising suddenly from a sprain in action; Bog′-trot′ter, one who lives in a boggy country, hence an Irishman. [Ir. bogach; Gael. bog, soft.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bog

   A marsh, or a tract of land, which from its form and impermeable bottom retains stagnant water. (See QUAGMIRE.)

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bog

   wet muddy ground too soft to support a heavy body

   
   

   Submitted by cathi_b on June 7, 2020  

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1. BOG

   What does BOG stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the BOG acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of BoG in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of BoG in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of BoG in a Sentence

1. Charles A. Beard:

   I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and women trample themselves in the mire and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amid the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail.

2. E. B. White:

   Deathlessness should be arrived at in a... haphazard fashion. Loving fame as much as any man, we shall carve our initials in the shell of a tortoise and turn him loose in a peat bog.

3. Scott Stewart:

   When you look at the number of passengers every day, and the number of stations that we have, you would need to institute security at every station along a subway, instituting that same level of security would be very costly. It would also create tie-ups and bog down commuting times.

4. State John Kerry on Tuesday:

   I welcome today's consensus adoption by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors (BOG) of the resolution addressing the Director General's December 2 final assessment of the possible military dimensions (PMD) of Iran's past nuclear program.

5. Helle Vandkilde:

   For many years in popular culture, people associated the Viksø helmets with the Vikings, but our research confirms that the helmets were deposited in the bog in about 900 B.C., almost 3,000 years ago and many centuries before the Vikings or Norse dominated the region.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=BoG
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=BoG
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/BoG
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=BoG
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=BoG
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=BoG