Search Result for "bog down":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. get stuck while doing something;
- Example: "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation"
[syn: bog down, bog]

2. cause to get stuck as if in a mire;
- Example: "The mud mired our cart"
[syn: mire, bog down]

3. be unable to move further;
- Example: "The car bogged down in the sand"
[syn: grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, mire]

4. cause to slow down or get stuck;
- Example: "The vote would bog down the house"
[syn: bog down, bog]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bog down
    v 1: get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many
         times while she wrote her dissertation" [syn: bog down,
         bog]
    2: cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
       [syn: mire, bog down]
    3: be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
       [syn: grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, mire]
    4: cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the
       house" [syn: bog down, bog]