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Bogs

An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp.

📖 Definitions of "Bogs"

noun
  1. 1

    An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp.

  2. 2

    Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.

  3. 3

    The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.

  4. 4

    A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.

verb
  1. 1

    (now often with "down") To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland.

  2. 2

    To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.

  3. 3

    (now often with "down") To sink and stick in bogland.

  4. 4

    To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.

noun
  1. 1

    Puffery, boastfulness.

verb
  1. 1

    To provoke, to bug.

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