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Meanings of bog in English

Russian
торфяное болото
Portuguese
paul
Spanish
turbera
Catalan
torbera
Wikidata

Wetland that accumulates peat due to incomplete decomposition of plant leftovers.

        торфяное болото
        Portuguese
        paul
        Catalan
        aiguamoll
        Spanish
        pantano

        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.

              paul
              Catalan
              encallar

              Get stuck while doing something.

                    encallar
                    Portuguese
                    bog

                    Pan-Slavic god or word for "god"

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                          bog
                          Usage of bog in English
                          1
                          This bog has developed for a hundred thousand years without your help.
                          Fiendish deeds
                          2
                          Ireland has several native species of carnivorous plants, growing in bog habitats.
                          The Irish Times
                          3
                          The first challenge of the second day was the treacherous vertical bog.
                          A change in altitude
                          4
                          There went a minimum of ten thousand pounds, right down the bog.
                          IT
                          5
                          Patrick Joyce's body was found in a bog in Connemara last year.
                          The Irish Times
                          6
                          The woodwork throughout the building was stained and finished in bog oak.
                          Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
                          7
                          Will the end result be bog-standard suburban housing blighting the green belt?
                          The Guardian
                          8
                          The bog will be destroyed and this illegal structure along with it.
                          Fiendish deeds
                          9
                          On nearing the edge of the bog the guides slackened their pace.
                          In Freedom's Cause : A Story of Wallace and Bruce
                          10
                          I might lay hold of a linsey-woolsey cloak somewhere in the bog.
                          The Settlers at Home
                          11
                          The bog-standard job of the 20th Century was formal, full-time and permanent.
                          BBC
                          12
                          At the edge of the bog he halted and looked keenly about.
                          The Spinners' Book of Fiction
                          13
                          The deeper the bog, the more my spirit writhed to be free.
                          The "Goldfish" / Being the Confessions af a Successful Man
                          14
                          It lay fifteen miles further on, across a desolate stretch of bog.
                          Lady Bountiful
                          15
                          Raised bog is a popular wetland habitat for rare plants and birds.
                          The Irish Times
                          16
                          She was sweating within ten feet of the beginning of the bog.
                          A change in altitude
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                          Translations for bog
                          Portuguese
                          paulturfeirabog
                          Bog through the time
                          Bog across language varieties
                          Ireland
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Less common
                          United States of America
                          Less common