BOG
Dictionary entry overview: What does bog mean?
• BOG (noun)
The noun BOG has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: BOG used as a noun is very rare.
• BOG (verb)
The verb BOG has 2 senses:
1. cause to slow down or get stuck
2. get stuck while doing something
Familiarity information: BOG used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BOG (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
bog; peat bog
Hypernyms ("bog" is a kind of...):
wetland (a low area where the land is saturated with water)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bog"):
mire; morass; quag; quagmire; slack (a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot)
slough (a hollow filled with mud)
• BOG (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to slow down or get stuck
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bog; bog down
Context example:
The vote would bog down the house
Hypernyms (to "bog" is one way to...):
slow; slow down; slow up (cause to proceed more slowly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Get stuck while doing something
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bog down; bog
Context example:
She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation
Hypernyms (to "bog" is one way to...):
break; break off; discontinue; stop (prevent completion)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
