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bog
1[ bog, bawg ]
noun
- wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.
- an area or stretch of such ground.
verb (used with or without object)
- to sink in or as if in a bog (often followed by down ):
We were bogged down by overwork.
verb phrase
- Australian Slang. to eat heartily and ravenously.
bog
2[ bog, bawg ]
noun
- a lavatory; bathroom.
bog
/ bɒɡ /
noun
- wet spongy ground consisting of decomposing vegetation, which ultimately forms peat
- an area of such ground
- a place or thing that prevents or slows progress or improvement
- a slang word for lavatory
- slang.the act or an instance of defecating
bog
/ bôg /
- An area of wet, spongy ground consisting mainly of decayed or decaying peat moss (sphagnum) and other vegetation. Bogs form as the dead vegetation sinks to the bottom of a lake or pond, where it decays slowly to form peat. Peat bogs are important to global ecology, since the undecayed peat moss stores large amounts of carbon that would otherwise be released back into the atmosphere. Global warming may accelerate decay in peat bogs and release more carbon dioxide, which in turn may cause further warming.
Derived Forms
- ˈboggy, adjective
- ˈbogginess, noun
Other Words From
- boggish adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of bog1
Origin of bog2
Word History and Origins
Origin of bog1
Example Sentences
The aerial shots were so sharp they could see every bog hole.
Whoever can stay on offense and avoid the gaffe or the policy bog will have the upper hand in the debate.
The Consumer Financial Protection Agency can bog down any other agency by encumbering agency rules or policies.
Intermittent, torrential rain showers turned the rutted, cratered road into a bog of red mud.
Over the bogs and through the marshes, the madness of despair within him, he heeded not the deep ditches and the bog-pools.
Hope had gone, dreams were unreal and vanishing as the mist that crawled along the bog-pools at night.
Our trenches are a perfect bog; I shall find some difficulty in getting round them to-night even if we are not driven out of them.
I strove to creep out into the bog, seeking a footing, but the swamp quaked and the smooth surface trembled like jelly in a bowl.
He shook himself out of this depressing bog of reflection and went to see Archie Lawanne.
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