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| 1. | wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter. |
| 2. | an area or stretch of such ground. |
| 3. | to sink in or as if in a bog (often fol. by down): We were bogged down by overwork. |
| 4. | bog in, Australian Slang. to eat heartily and ravenously. |
[Origin: 1495–1505; < Ir or ScotGael bogach soft ground (bog soft + -ach n. suffix); (def. 4) perh. a different word]
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boggish, adjective
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Audio Help [bog, bawg] Pronunciation Key –noun Usually, bogs. British Slang.
| a lavatory; bathroom. |
[Origin: 1780–90; prob. shortening of bog-house; cf. bog to defecate, boggard (16th century) privy, of obscure orig.]
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v. bogged, bog·ging, bogs v. tr. To cause to sink in or as if in a bog: We worried that the heavy rain across the prairie would soon bog our car. Don't bog me down in this mass of detail. v. intr. To be hindered and slowed. [Irish Gaelic bogach, from bog, soft; see bheug- in Indo-European roots.] bog'gi·ness n., bog'gy adj. |
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c.1505, from Gaelic & Irish bogach "bog," from adj. bog "soft, moist," from PIE *bhugh-, from base *bheugh- "to bend." Bog-trotter applied to the wild Irish c.1682.
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| bog | |
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| 1. | 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 |
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| 1. | cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the house" [syn: bog down] |
| 2. | get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation" [syn: bog down] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
bog [bog] noun
very wet ground; marsh
See also: be bogged down, boggy
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| bog
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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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Bog\, n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.]1. 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. Appalled with thoughts of bog, or caverned pit, Of treacherous earth, subsiding where they tread. --R. Jago. 2. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. [Local, U. S.] Bog bean. See Buck bean. Bog bumper (bump, to make a loud noise), Bog blitter, Bog bluiter, Bog jumper, the bittern. [Prov.] Bog butter, a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found in the peat bogs of Ireland. Bog earth (Min.), a soil composed for the most part of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. --P. Cyc. Bog moss. (Bot.) Same as Sphagnum. Bog myrtle (Bot.), the sweet gale. Bog ore. (Min.) (a) An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land; a variety of brown iron ore, or limonite. (b) Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese. Bog rush (Bot.), any rush growing in bogs; saw grass. Bog spavin. See under Spavin.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Bog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Bogging.] To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire. At another time, he was bogged up to the middle in the slough of Lochend. --Sir W. Scott.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
| BOG El Dorado International Airport (Bogotá, Colombia) |
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