bog
An area of decayed vegetation which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walkingAn area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking.
» Our evidence is no more than a tiny sliver of solid knowledge amidst the vast bog of doubts and speculations.
Наші факти - не більше ніж крихітна скалка міцного знання у розлогому багні сумлівів та спекуляцій. — shanghainese
shanghainese · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
9 sensesAn area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking.
Near-synonyms: fen, slough, moor
An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking.
(specifically)An acidic, chiefly rain-fed (ombrotrophic), peat-forming wetland. (Contrast an alkaline fen, and swamps and marshes.)
(uncountable)Boggy ground.
(figuratively)Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, slang)A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
I'm on the bog
I'm in the bog
(Australia, New Zealand, slang)An act or instance of defecation.
(US, dialectal)A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
(US)Chicken bog.
Hochmoor
боло́тоbolóto, топьtopʹ
боло́тоbolóto
(obsolete)Puffery, boastfulness.
- 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
Examples
25 sentencesOur evidence is no more than a tiny sliver of solid knowledge amidst the vast bog of doubts and speculations.
Наші факти - не більше ніж крихітна скалка міцного знання у розлогому багні сумлівів та спекуляцій. — shanghainese
He got bogged down at work.
The talks have become bogged down.
deDie Verhandlungen haben sich festgefahren. — Yorwba
The mud bogged down the truck.
Algeria is bogged down with problems.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English bog (originally chiefly in Ireland and Scotland), from IrishInherited from Middle English bog (originally chiefly in Ireland and Scotland), from Irish and Scottish Gaelic bogach (“soft, boggy ground”), from Old Irish bog (“soft”), from Proto-Celtic *buggos (“soft, tender”) + Old Irish -ach, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos.
Uncertain, although possibly related to bug in its original senses of "big" and "puffed up".
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Forms
plural: bogsSynonyms
10 synonyms- 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
Word family
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