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.
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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
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Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
On Monday, the 63-ton vehicle was removed from a peat bog after a six-day recovery effort that involved hundreds of service members from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Lithuanian Armed Forces and the Polish Armed Forces, officials added.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
This sad and sublimely beautiful movie, however, refuses to bog itself down in pessimism.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Three American soldiers were declared dead Monday after crews retrieved the M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle from a peat bog near Pabradė, Lithuania.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
On Monday, the 63-ton vehicle was removed from a peat bog after a six-day recovery effort that involved hundreds of service members from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Lithuanian Armed Forces and the Polish Armed Forces, officials added.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
Of course, logistical issues would bog that down, but the actual research would occur in a flash.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
This sad and sublimely beautiful movie, however, refuses to bog itself down in pessimism.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Bog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bog. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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