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To become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Qualifier: "get"-passive
Examples
- We've gotten bogged down in trifling details.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To cause to become stuck and unable to progress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mire, hamper
Antonyms: none provided
get stuck while doing something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bog
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: break, break off, discontinue, stop
cause to slow down or get stuck
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The vote would bog down the house
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bog
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: slow, slow down, slow up
be unable to move further
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The car bogged down in the sand
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grind to a halt, get stuck, mire
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stand still
cause to get stuck as if in a mire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mire
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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French:
s'enliser
— to become stuck
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Galician:
empantanarse
— to become stuck
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Galician:
estancarse
— to become stuck
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German:
feststecken
— to become stuck
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German:
festsitzen
— to become stuck
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Italian:
impantanarsi
— to become stuck
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Italian:
impaludarsi
— to become stuck
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Italian:
arenarsi
— to become stuck
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Māori:
powharu
— to become stuck
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Māori:
tapoko
— to become stuck
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Norwegian:
kjøre seg fast
— to become stuck
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Polish:
utykać
— to become stuck
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Polish:
utknąć
— to become stuck
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Polish:
stawać
— to become stuck
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Polish:
stanąć
— to become stuck
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Polish:
tkwić
— to become stuck
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Polish:
utkwić
— to become stuck
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Polish:
grzęznąć
— to become stuck
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Polish:
ugrzęznąć
— to become stuck
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Portuguese:
atolar
— to become stuck
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Portuguese:
empacar
— to become stuck
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Russian:
застревать
(zastrevatʹ)
— to become stuck
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Russian:
увязать
(uvjazatʹ)
— to become stuck
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Spanish:
empantanarse
— to become stuck
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Spanish:
estancarse
— to become stuck
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Catalan:
empantanar
— to cause to become stuck
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Galician:
empantanar
— to cause to become stuck
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Galician:
estancar
— to cause to become stuck
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German:
blockieren
— to cause to become stuck
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Māori:
whakamārari
— to cause to become stuck
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Polish:
zaklinowywać
— to cause to become stuck
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Polish:
zaklinować
— to cause to become stuck
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Polish:
blokować
— to cause to become stuck
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Polish:
zablokować
— to cause to become stuck
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Polish:
zatrzymywać
— to cause to become stuck
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Polish:
zatrzymać
— to cause to become stuck
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Spanish:
empantanar
— to cause to become stuck
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Spanish:
estancar
— to cause to become stuck
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Ukrainian:
загру́знути
(zahrúznuty)
— to cause to become stuck