bog

[ bog, bawg ]

/ bɒg, bɔg /

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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), bogged, bog·ging.

to sink in or as if in a bog (often followed by down): We were bogged down by overwork.

Verb Phrases

bog in, Australian Slang. to eat heartily and ravenously.

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Origin of bog

1495–1505; <Irish or Scots Gaelic bogach soft ground (bog soft + -ach noun suffix); (def. 4) perhaps a different word

OTHER WORDS FROM bog

boggish, adjective

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bog²

[ bog, bawg ]

/ bɒg, bɔg /

noun Usually bogs. British Slang.

a lavatory; bathroom.

Origin of bog

1780–90; probably shortening of bog-house; compare bog to defecate, boggard (16th century) privy, of obscure origin

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How to use bog in a sentence

Instead, the military commission proceedings are bogged down in a pre-trial phase, as it has been for the past three years.
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Two years on, Sarkozy and/or his close associates are still bogged down by at least six unresolved scandals.
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The program paid Thai formers above-market rates for rice, but became bogged down in a financial morass.
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For every thoughtful episode of The Walking Dead, there was another bogged down with annoying squabbles and tedious villains.
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And so even the greatest TV series tend to be bogged down by endless—and endlessly convoluted—second acts.
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In crossing a wide crevasse, the sledge became bogged in the soft snow of a drift which had a deceptive appearance of solidity.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Conal had tried to cross it once in the summer and got bogged there, losing a score of fine beasts.
The Pioneers|Katharine Susannah Prichard
But Ive marked the last place e bogged down into, an if e just pokes a nose out once more, ell get it in the neck for keeps.
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The men had not known that the village was occupied and had bogged down almost at the same time that the Turks opened fire.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt
There was not the slightest chance of moving the fighting cars; they were bogged down to the axle.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt

British Dictionary definitions for bog

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 (def. 1)

Australian slang the act or an instance of defecating

Derived forms of bog

boggy, adjectivebogginess, noun

Word Origin for bog

C13: from Gaelic bogach swamp, from bog soft

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Scientific definitions for bog

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.

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