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bog  (bôg, bg)

n.

1.

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.

2. An area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground.

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.

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[Irish Gaelic bogach, from bog, soft; see bheug- in Indo-European roots.]

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boggi·ness n.

boggy adj.

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bog [bɒg]

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) wet spongy ground consisting of decomposing vegetation, which ultimately forms peat

2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) an area of such ground

3. a place or thing that prevents or slows progress or improvement

4. a slang word for lavatory [1]

5. Austral slang the act or an instance of defecating See also bog down, bog in, bog off

[from Gaelic bogach swamp, from bog soft]

boggy  adj

bogginess  n

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bog  (bôg)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bog - 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 peat bog mire, morass, quag, quagmire, slack - a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot slough - a hollow filled with mud wetland - a low area where the land is saturated with water
Verb	1.	bog - cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the house" bog down slow up, slow, slow down - cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
	2.	bog - get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation" bog down break off, discontinue, stop, break - prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

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bog

noun

1. marsh, moss (Scot. & Northern English dialect), swamp, slough, wetlands, fen, mire, quagmire, morass, marshland, peat bog We walked steadily across moor and bog.

2. (Brit. informal) lavatory, toilet, loo (Brit. informal), can (U.S. & Canad. slang), john (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), throne (informal), privy, latrine, crapper (taboo slang), khazi (slang), W.C. I'm reading it on the bog.

3. bathroom, lavatory, toilet, loo (Brit. informal), convenience, privy, outhouse, washroom, powder room, water closet, gents or ladies (Brit. informal), ladies' room, little boy's or little girl's room (informal), W.C. 'I'm in the bog!' she heard him call.

bog something or someone down hold up, stick, delay, halt, stall, slow down, impede, slow up The talks have become bogged down with the issue of military reform.

Translations

bog [bɒg]

A. N

1. (= swamp) → pantano m, ciénaga f

2. (Brit) (= toilet) → retrete m, meadero m

B. CPD bog paper N (Brit) → papel m de wáter
bog roll N (Brit) → rollo m de papel de wáter

bog down VT + ADV to get bogged down (in) → quedar atascado(en), hundirse(en) (fig) → empantanarse or atrancarse(en)

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bog [ˈbɒg] n

(= wet land) → tourbière f

(British) (= toilet) → chiottes fpl
bogged down [ˌbɒgdˈdaʊn] adj
to get bogged down → s'enliser
to get bogged down in sth → s'enliser dans qch
to get bogged down by sth → s'enliser dans qch

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bog

n

→ Sumpf m; (= peat bog) → (Torf)moor nt

(Brit inf: = toilet) → Lokus m (inf), → Klo nt (inf)

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bog [bɒg] n → palude f (Brit) (fam) (toilet) → cesso

bog down vt + adv to get bogged down (in) → impantanarsi (in)

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bog [bɒg] n → palude f (Brit) (fam) (toilet) → cesso

bog down vt + adv to get bogged down (in) → impantanarsi (in)

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bog

n bog [bog]

very wet ground; marsh. moeras مُسْتَنْقَع тресавище bažina, močál sump der Sumpf βάλτος pantano, ciénaga soo لجن زار؛ باتلاق suo marécage בִּיָצה दलदल kaljuža mocsár lumpur mÿri pantano, palude 沼地 습지 pelkė purvs; muklājs bencah moeras (henge)myr, gjørme, sump bagno pântano mlaş­tină трясина; болото močiar močvirje kaljuga mosse, kärr, träsk บึง bataklık 泥塘；沼澤 болото, трясовина دلدل ، کیچڑ والی زمین bãi lầy 泥塘；沼泽

adj boggy

boggy ground. moerasagtig مُسْتَنْقَعي، سَبَخ мочурлив bahnitý, močálovitý sumpet sumpfig βαλτωμένος pantanoso soine باتلاقی soinen marécageux בִּיצָתִי दलदली kaljužno mocsaras berlumpur mÿrlendur pantanoso, paludoso 沼地の 습지의 pelkėtas purvains berbencah moerassig myrlendt, myr-, sump- bagnisty pantanoso mlăştinos болотистый močaristý močvirnat glibovit sumpig, sank นิ่ม; เปียก bataklık 沼澤的 болотистий دلدلی lầy lội 多沼泽的

be bogged down

to be hindered in movement; to be prevented from making progress The tractor is bogged down in the mud. vasval مُعَرْقَلٌ، عاجِزٌ عنِ التَّقَدُّم забавен съм být zapadlý sidde fast steckenbleiben κολλώ, βαλτώνω (μτφ.) estar atascado/atrancado kinni jääma گرفتار شدن؛ وا ماندن hidastua être embourbé לְהַשקִיע, לִשקוֹע में फंसना, फंसाना utonuti megfeneklik terjebak sitja fastur, komast ekki áfram impantanarsi 動きがとれなくなる 꼼짝 못하게 되다 įklimpti iestigt purvā terbenam vastzitten kjøre/sette seg fast, sitte fast grzęznąć estar atolado a fi îm­pot­molit увязнуть zapadnúť (do) obtičati zaglibiti se sitta fast พบกับความยุ่งยาก çamura saplanmak, takılıp kalmak 陷入泥沼，陷於困境 застряти آگے بڑھنے سے روکے جانا sa lầy 陷于困境

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bog → مستنقع bažina mose Sumpf έλος ciénaga suo tourbière glib pantano 沼 늪 moeras myr bagno pântano болото myr ห้วย bataklık vũng lầy 沼泽