bog

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

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 (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
peat bog
• Derivationally related forms:
boggy
• Hypernyms:
wetland
• Hyponyms:
mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack, slough

II - verb

1. cause to slow down or get stuck (Freq. 1)
- The vote would bog down the house
• Syn:
bog down
• Hypernyms:
slow, slow down, slow up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. get stuck while doing something
- She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation
• Syn:
bog down
• Hypernyms:
break, break off, discontinue, stop
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  peat bog, bog down