Bog

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An area having a wet, spongy, acidic substrate composed chiefly of sphagnum moss and peat in which characteristic shrubs and herbs and sometimes trees usually grow.
  • noun. Any of certain other wetland areas, such as a fen, having a peat substrate.
  • noun. An area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground.
  • noun. A restroom or toilet.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to sink in a bog.
  • intransitive verb. To hinder or slow.
  • intransitive verb. To be hindered and slowed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To sink or submerge in a bog, or in mud and mire: used chiefly in the passive, to be bogged.
  • To sink or stick in a bog; hence, to flounder among obstacles; be stopped.
  • noun. A specter; a bugbear.
  • noun. Wet, soft, and spongy ground, where the soil is composed mainly of decayed and decaying vegetable matter; a quagmire covered with grass or other plants; a piece of mossy or peaty ground; a moss.
  • noun. A little elevated piece of earth in a marsh or swamp, filled with roots and grass.
  • Bold; sturdy; self-sufficient; petulant; saucy.
  • noun. Brag; boastfulness.
  • To boast.
  • To provoke.
  • To ease the body by stool.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire.
  • noun. 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. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
  • noun. See Buck bean.
  • noun. the bittern.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found in the peat bogs of Ireland.
  • noun. a soil composed for the most part of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber.
  • noun. Same as Sphagnum.
  • noun. the sweet gale.
  • noun. Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese.
  • noun. any rush growing in bogs; saw grass.
  • noun. See under Spavin.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To go away.
  • noun. An expanse of marshland.
  • noun. A toilet.
  • verb. To become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.
  • verb. To make a mess of something.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. get stuck while doing something
  • noun. 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
  • verb. cause to slow down or get stuck
  • Word Usage
    ""Book" is also derived from the Danish word bog, the bark of the beech."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hogg  Og  Ogg  Prague  Prolog  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    chasm  ditch  fen  gulf  heath  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Mars  baygall  bemire  bog down  bottom  
    verb-form
    bogged  bogging  bogs