bog
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bog/bɒɡ/
▶noun
- 1 an area of very soft wet muddy ground.
■ Ecology wetland with acid, peaty soil.
Compare with fen1.
- 2 Brit. informal a toilet.
- 1 (usu. be bogged down) cause to become stuck; hinder the progress of.
- 2 (bog off) Brit. informal go away.
- 3 (bog in) Austral./NZ informal start a task enthusiastically.
– derivatives
bogginess noun,
boggy adjective (boggier, boggiest).
bogginess noun,
boggy adjective (boggier, boggiest).
– origin ME: from Ir. or Sc. Gaelic bogach, from bog ‘soft’.
'bog' also found in these Oxford entries:
andromeda
- blanket bog
- bog arum
- bog asphodel
- bog cotton
- boggart
- bog iron
- bog moss
- bog myrtle
- bog oak
- bog rosemary
- bog spavin
- bog-standard
- bough
- butterwort
- calla
- curragh
- fen
- hag
- moss
- muskeg
- ombrotrophic
- peat moss
- raised bog
- slump
- suds
- swamp
- sweet gale
- Venus flytrap
- water calla
