bog
Pronunciation: bǒg
| n. | 1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. | 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. | A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
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| v. t. | 1. | To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Noun | 1. |  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 fuelSynonyms: peat bog |
| Verb | 1. | bog - cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the house" Synonyms: bog down |
| 2. | bog - get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation" Synonyms: bog down |