BOGS Synonyms
There are 14 hypernyms of the word bogs. (close relations)
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wetlands | nounn | |||||||
noun • a low area where the land is saturated with water | ||||||||
fens | nounn | |||||||
noun • 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China • low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | ||||||||
marshes | nounn | |||||||
noun • low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water • United States painter (1898-1954) • New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982) | ||||||||
mires | verbv | |||||||
noun • a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot • deep soft mud in water or slush • a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from verb • entrap • cause to get stuck as if in a mire • be unable to move further • soil with mud, muck, or mire | ||||||||
morasses | nounn | |||||||
noun • a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | ||||||||
quagmires | nounn | |||||||
noun • a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | ||||||||
swamps | nounn | |||||||
noun • low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog • a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables verb • drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid | ||||||||
bog | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
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 verb • cause to slow down or get stuck • get stuck while doing something | ||||||||
bogey | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil • (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole • an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft verb • to shoot in one stroke over par | ||||||||
boggle | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
verb • startle with amazement or fear • hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear • overcome with amazement | ||||||||
bug | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate • a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine • a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly • insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis • a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use verb • annoy persistently • tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | ||||||||
bugbear | nounn | |||||||
noun • an imaginary monster used to frighten children • an object of dread or apprehension | ||||||||
defect | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an imperfection in a bodily system • a failing or deficiency • an imperfection in an object or machine • a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) verb • desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army | ||||||||
glitch | nounn | |||||||
noun • a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine verb • To suffer a minor malfunction | ||||||||
boggard | nounn | |||||||
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bogle | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • A goblin; a frightful spectre or phantom; a bogy or bugbear. | ||||||||
bog down | verbv | |||||||
verb • get stuck while doing something • cause to get stuck as if in a mire • be unable to move further • cause to slow down or get stuck | ||||||||
peat bog | nounn | |||||||
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 | ||||||||
fen | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China • low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | ||||||||
marsh | nounn | |||||||
noun • low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water • United States painter (1898-1954) • New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982) | ||||||||