bog

noun

1. 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

Definition categories: object, wetland

verb

1. cause to slow down or get stuck

- The vote would bog down the house

Definition categories: change, slow

2. get stuck while doing something

- She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation

Definition categories: change, break, discontinue, stop