geography
: wet spongy ground
especially
: a poorly drained usually acid area rich in accumulated plant material, frequently surrounding a body of open water, and having a characteristic flora (as of sedges, heaths, and sphagnum)
bogged; bogging
: to cause to sink into or as if into a bog (see bog entry 1) : impede, mire
—usually used with down
a car that had gotten bogged down in the mud
easy to get bogged down in the details
: to become impeded or stuck
—usually used with down
Extra demand can cause the system to bog down.
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Synonyms
Noun (1)
Noun (2)
Examples of bog in a Sentence
Noun (1)
got a shoe stuck in the bog
Noun (2)
they're out of paper in the bog again
Recent Examples on the Web
Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
Additionally, a third of the nation’s cranberry crop comes from Washington State, and Long Beach visitors can walk through cranberry bogs or shuck oysters with third-generation oyster farmers.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2024
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Noun
That meant scaling tall oak trees, where you could be hit by falling acorns, or wading into bogs, where you could be bitten by salamanders.
—Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
Additionally, a third of the nation’s cranberry crop comes from Washington State, and Long Beach visitors can walk through cranberry bogs or shuck oysters with third-generation oyster farmers.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2024
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“Bog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bog. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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