English to English
bog
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noun (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(noun.object)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- cause to slow down or get stuck(verb.change)Example:
The vote would bog down the house.
source: wordnet30 - get stuck while doing something(verb.change)Example:
She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation.
source: wordnet30 - To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire.(verb)source: webster1913
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