noun / verb
bog
BOG/bɑːɡ/
Wet, peat-filled ground in which movement is difficult.
Pools of standing water surround moss hummocks in the saturated bog.
Etymology
The root means “soft, moist,” describing the ground's yielding, waterlogged character. It underlies bogach, the noun for the wet ground itself.
In context
the refuge's bog lands [Music] oh yeah it's very squishy under here yeah it is these wetlands are significant habitat for migratory birds
More examples
- The tractor bogged down in the wet field.
- The project became bogged down in paperwork.
- Peat forms slowly in many bogs.
Forms
bog · bogs · bogged · bogging
Similar words
- marsh
- A wetland often dominated by grasses, without necessarily peat.
- mire
- Wet ground that traps movement, often used figuratively.