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How to pronounce “bog”

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Pronunciation guide for bog

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of bog with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
A Scientific Breakthrough That Could Transform How We Produce Foodand then you had uh Norman bog and
Definition summary
An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking.

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How to pronounce bog

A Scientific Breakthrough That Could Transform How We Produce Food

and then you had uh Norman bog and

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “bog”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking.
  • (figuratively) Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.
  • (UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, slang) A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
  • (Australia and New Zealand, slang) An act or instance of defecation.
  • (US, dialect) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
  • (US) Chicken bog.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive, now often with "down") To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland.
  • (figuratively) To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.
  • (intransitive, now often with "down") To sink and stick in bogland.
  • (figuratively) To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.
  • (intransitive, originally vulgar UK, now chiefly Australia) To defecate, to void one's bowels.
  • (transitive, originally vulgar UK, now chiefly Australia) To cover or spray with excrement.
  • (transitive, British, informal) To make a mess of something.

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