bog


Definition: Meaning of, bog in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / bɒɡ /

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bog bogs
  1. [uncountable and countable] an area of low wet muddy ground, sometimes containing bushes or grasses [↪  marsh, swamp]
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  2. [countable] British English informal a toilet
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
bog bogged bogged
Present Participle Third Person Singular
bogging bogs
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bog used in phrases

  • American bog asphodel (noun)
    1. of the eastern United States: New Jersey to South Carolina
  • European bog asphodel (noun)
    1. of western Europe: Scandinavia to northern Spain and Portugal
  • bog asphodel (noun)
    1. either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions
  • bog aster (noun)
    1. a variety of aster
  • bog bilberry (noun)
    1. an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves
  • bog candles (noun)
    1. orchid with spikes of many fragrant white flowers on erect leafy stems; of wet or boggy ground through most of the West and northern North America
  • bog down (verb)
    1. get stuck while doing something
    2. cause to get stuck as if in a mire
  • bog hemp (noun)
    1. any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs
  • bog kalmia (noun)
    1. laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath
  • bog laurel (noun)
    1. laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath
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