Thesaurus: bog

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1. n. 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. n. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
3. v. t. To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire.
4. 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
5. v. cause to slow down or get stuck
6. v. get stuck while doing something
7. To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sinkand stick, as in mud and mire.At another time, he was bogged up to the middle in the slough ofLochend. Sir W. Scott.
8. v:35/n:65 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