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The definition of a bog is small marsh with wet ground made up of decaying plants, usually moss.

(noun)

An example of a bog is a quaking bog, or a bog that is sturdy enough for walking but causes things to sway when you move on it.

To bog is to sink, slow or become stuck, usually to "bog down."

(verb)

An example of bog down is to have lots of stress about studying for an upcoming exam.

See bog in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

wet, spongy ground, characterized by decaying mosses that form peat; a small marsh or swamp

Origin: < Gael & Ir bog, soft, moist (> Ir bogach, a bog) < IE *bhugh- < base *bheugh-, to bend > bow

transitive verb, intransitive verb bogged, bogging

to sink or become stuck in or as in a bog; mire: often with down

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boggy adjective

See bog in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. 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.
b. Any of certain other wetland areas, such as a fen, having a peat substrate. Also called peat bog.
An area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground.

verb bogged bogged, bog·ging, bogs

verb, transitive

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.

verb, intransitive

To be hindered and slowed.

Origin:

Origin: Irish Gaelic bogach

Origin: , from bog, soft; see bheug- in Indo-European roots

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