a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.

ground of this kind, as wet, slimy soil of some depth or deep mud.

to plunge and fix in mire; cause to stick fast in mire.

to involve; entangle.

to soil with mire; bespatter with mire.

to sink in mire or mud; stick.

noun

bog , dirt , fen , glop , goo * , gunk , marsh , moss , mud , ooze * , quagmire , quicksand , slime * , swamp , marshland , morass , muskeg , quag , slough , swampland , wetland , muck , ooze , slop , sludge , slush

verb

bog down , cling , decelerate , detain , dirty , embroil , enmesh , ensnare , entangle , entrap , flounder , hang up , implicate , involve , retard , set back , sink , slow down , slow up , snare , soil , stick , tangle , trap , bemire , muck , mud , slush , bog , define , delay , fen , marsh , ooze , quag , slough , sludge , stall , swamp