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Bog

noun
Word Frequency: 1.4

Definitions

1.nounAn area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp.
2.nounConfusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.
3.nounThe acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.
4.nounA place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
5.nounAn act or instance of defecation.
6.nounA little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
7.verb(now often with "down") To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland.
8.verbTo prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.
9.verb(now often with "down") To sink and stick in bogland.
10.verbTo be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.
11.verb(originally vulgar Britain) To defecate, to void one's bowels.
12.verb(originally vulgar Britain) To cover or spray with excrement.
13.verbTo make a mess of something.

Synonyms

mirequagmireboglandbogmirefenmarshmarshlandmorassmossmuskegpakihipeat bog

Rhymes With

agogfoganalogcatalogueslogdogmonologueepilogue
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