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BOG DOWN
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Irregular inflected forms: bogged down , bogging down , bogs down
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Get stuck while doing something
Example:
She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation
Synonyms:
bog; bog down
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "bog down" is one way to...):
break; break off; discontinue; stop (prevent completion)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to slow down or get stuck
Example:
The vote would bog down the house
Synonyms:
bog; bog down
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "bog down" is one way to...):
slow; slow down; slow up (cause to proceed more slowly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Be unable to move further
Example:
The car bogged down in the sand
Synonyms:
bog down; get stuck; grind to a halt; mire
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "bog down" is one way to...):
stand still (remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile)
Verb group:
bog down; mire (cause to get stuck as if in a mire)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 4
Meaning:
Cause to get stuck as if in a mire
Example:
The mud mired our cart
Synonyms:
bog down; mire
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Cause:
bog down; get stuck; grind to a halt; mire (be unable to move further)
Verb group:
bog down; get stuck; grind to a halt; mire (be unable to move further)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
