bog
(redirected from boggiest)Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia.
Related to boggiest: bogged
bog
(bôg, bŏg)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.
3. Chiefly British Slang A restroom or toilet.
v. bogged, bog·ging, bogs
v.tr.
1. To cause to sink in a bog: The bus got bogged down in the muddy road.
2. To hinder or slow: The project got bogged down in haggling about procedures.
v.intr.
To be hindered and slowed.
bog′gi·ness n.
bog′gy adj.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
bog
(bɒɡ)n
1. (Physical Geography) wet spongy ground consisting of decomposing vegetation, which ultimately forms peat
2. (Physical Geography) an area of such ground
3. a place or thing that prevents or slows progress or improvement
4. a slang word for lavatory1
5. slang Austral the act or an instance of defecating
[C13: from Gaelic bogach swamp, from bog soft]
ˈboggy adj
ˈbogginess n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
bog1
(bɒg, bɔg)n., v. bogged, bog•ging. n.
1. wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.
2. an area or stretch of such ground.
v.t., v.i. 3. to sink in or as if in a bog (often fol. by down): We were bogged down with a lot of work.
[1495–1505; < Irish or Scottish Gaelic bogach soft ground (bog soft + -ach n. suffix)]
bog′gish, adj.
bog′gy, adj. -gi•er, -gi•est.
bog′gi•ness, n.
bog2
(bɒg, bɔg)n.
Usu., bogs.Brit. Slang. a lavatory; bathroom.
[1780–90; probably shortening of bog-house; compare bog to defecate]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
bog
(bôg) An area of wet, spongy ground consisting mainly of decayed or decaying moss and other vegetation. Bogs form as the dead vegetation sinks to the bottom of a lake or pond, where it decays to form peat.
The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
bog
Past participle: bogged
Gerund: bogging
| Imperative |
|---|
| bog |
| bog |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Switch to new 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 fuelslough - 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" |
| 2. | bog - get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation" break off, discontinue, stop, break - prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
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.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
bog
nounverb
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
bažinamočálrašeliniště
mosesump
rabasoo
suoneva
močvara
mocsár
mÿri
沼
늪
įklimptipelkėpelkėtas
muklājspurvs
myr
ห้วย
vũng lầy
bog
[bɒg]bog down VT + ADV to get bogged down (in) → quedar atascado (en), hundirse (en) (fig) → empantanarse or atrancarse (en)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bog
[bɒg] n → palude f (Brit) (fam) (toilet) → cessobog down vt + adv to get bogged down (in) → impantanarsi (in)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bog
(bog) noun very wet ground; marsh.
ˈboggy adjectiveboggy ground.
be bogged down to be hindered in movement; to be prevented from making progress. The tractor is bogged down in the mud.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
bog
→ مُسْتَنْقَع bažina mose Sumpf έλος ciénaga suo tourbière močvara pantano 沼 늪 moeras myr bagno pântano болото myr ห้วย bataklık vũng lầy 沼泽Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009