Definition of bog Bog
/bɑˈg/ - [bag] - bog
We found 14 definitions of bog from 7 different sources.
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What does bog mean?
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NounPlural: bogs |
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| 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 fuel | ||
| peat bog | ||
| wetland a low area where the land is saturated with water | ||
| morass, quag, quagmire, mire, slack a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bog (n.)
A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass. - bog (n.)
A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. - bog (v. t.)
To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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bog
A stretch waterlogged, spongy ground, chiefly composed of decaying vegetable matter, especially of rushes, cotton grass, and sphagnum moss.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bog
bog, n. soft ground: a marsh or quagmire.—v.t. to sink or to entangle.—n. Bog′-butt′er, a mineral substance, resembling butter, found in Irish bogs.—adj. Bogg′y.—ns. Bog′let, Bog′land; Bog′-moss, a genus of moss plants; Bog′-oak, trunks of oak embedded in bogs and preserved from decay—of a deep black colour, often used for making ornaments; Bog′-ore, a kind of iron ore found in boggy land; Bog′-spav′in, a lesion of the hock-joint of the horse, consisting in distension of the capsule enclosing the joint, usually arising suddenly from a sprain in action; Bog′-trot′ter, one who lives in a boggy country, hence an Irishman. [Ir. bogach; Gael. bog, soft.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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bog
A marsh, or a tract of land, which from its form and impermeable bottom retains stagnant water. (See QUAGMIRE.)
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