Definition: 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
Similar words: wetland
Definition: a low area where the land is saturated with water
Definition: get stuck while doing something
Usage: She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation
Similar words: break, break off, stop, discontinue
Definition: prevent completion
Usage: stop the project; break off the negotiations
Definition: cause to slow down or get stuck
Usage: The vote would bog down the house
Similar words: slow, slow down, slow up
Definition: cause to proceed more slowly
Usage: The illness slowed him down