bog

noun

• 1wet muddy ground too soft to support a heavy body:the island is a wilderness of bog a peat bog figurativea bog of legal complications
• Ecology wetland with acid, peaty soil, typically dominated by peat moss. Compare with fen¹.

• 2 (usually the bog) British informal a bathroom.

verb (bogs, bogging, bogged)

• cause (a vehicle, person, or animal) to become stuck in mud or wet ground:the car became bogged down on the beach road
• (be bogged down) (of a person or process) be unable to make progress:you must not get bogged down in detail