geography
: wet spongy ground
especially
: a poorly drained usually acid area rich in accumulated plant material, frequently surrounding a body of open water, and having a characteristic flora (as of sedges, heaths, and sphagnum)
bogged; bogging
: to cause to sink into or as if into a bog (see bog entry 1) : impede, mire
—usually used with down
a car that had gotten bogged down in the mud
easy to get bogged down in the details
: to become impeded or stuck
—usually used with down
Extra demand can cause the system to bog down.
British
Synonyms
Noun (1)
Noun (2)
Examples of bog in a Sentence
Noun (1)
got a shoe stuck in the bog
Noun (2)
they're out of paper in the bog again
Recent Examples on the Web
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
The English press praised the book, but a few Irish writers objected to the ways the bog poems seemed to naturalize the Troubles, attributing the conflict to an ancient curse rather than to real and ongoing political oppression.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Eli Amdur, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
And in Yemen, with very little investment, Iran has managed to bog Saudi Arabia and its allies down in a costly war, diverting Saudi resources away from Iraq and Syria.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
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Noun
Possibly the earliest existing scrap of tartan known today is a 16th-century piece found in a bog in Glen Affric, Scotland, which the V&A Dundee studied before the exhibition.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
The English press praised the book, but a few Irish writers objected to the ways the bog poems seemed to naturalize the Troubles, attributing the conflict to an ancient curse rather than to real and ongoing political oppression.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Verb
With massive amounts of data available everywhere, there’s no need to let bureaucracy bog things down.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
And in Yemen, with very little investment, Iran has managed to bog Saudi Arabia and its allies down in a costly war, diverting Saudi resources away from Iraq and Syria.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
See all Example Sentences for bog
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“Bog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bog. Accessed 16 Sep. 2024.
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