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bog (bäg, bôg)

noun

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

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

transitive verb, intransitive verb bogged, bog·ging

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

bog Related Forms
boggy adjective
bog Synonyms

bog

n.

marsh, lowland, peat bog; see swamp.

bog Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • raise: Lowland raised peat bogs have always been a rare habitat in Great Britain.
  • drain: On drained bogs, without pools of water, they become extinct.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • down: Lets not get bogged down in petty regional racism.

Adjective modifier

  • intact: We then climb away from the coast to the Garron Plateau -- the largest area of intact blanket bog in Northern Ireland.
  • lowland: They have also been chosen to augment Active raised bog examples in areas where lowland bog is or has been particularly frequent.
  • upland: The county has some of the best upland bogs in the UK on the Cambrian Mountains.
  • treacherous: The immediate effect of this is rather like stepping straight from a glorious, sunlit, flower-filled meadow into a treacherous bog.
  • frozen: From New Scientist: THE world's largest frozen peat bog is melting.
  • wooded: Recent peat stratigraphy shows evidence of a history of wooded bog on this site.

Modifies a noun

  • asphodel: Uncommon plants such as orchids, bog asphodel and the distinctive cotton grass can be found here.
  • myrtle: Bog Myrtle On the left is a small patch of bog myrtle.
  • moss: In the wettest reaches of Bodmin moor, sphagnum or bog moss can be found.
  • pimpernel: Specialities of the reserve: Tussock sedge, bog pimpernel, bogbean, southern marsh orchid, reed bunting, snipe, grass snake.
  • rosemary: Specialized plants adapted to this waterlogged wilderness include sponge-like sphagnum moss, sundew and bog rosemary.
  • pondweed: Flushes on the acidic Barden and Blubberhouses moors are home to bog pimpernel and bog pondweed.

Noun used with modifier

  • peat: Lowland raised peat bogs have always been a rare habitat in Great Britain.
  • cut-over: Woodland established on cut-over bog is a major contribution to the limited woodland area.
  • blanket: The heather brash is then applied onto the worst eroded areas of blanket bog.
  • sphagnum: Across the road from the highest point of the mountain, a narrow footpath leads down into a small sphagnum moss bog.
  • valley: A valley bog is distinguished by having an identifiable water flow as, for example, at Pettypool SSSI.

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