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bog down: get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation"; cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the house"

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bemire collapse

bog collapse: wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel

sink in collapse

mud flat collapse: a tract of low muddy land near an estuary; covered at high tide and exposed at low tide

everglade collapse

hog wallow collapse

mud collapse: slanderous remarks or charges; water soaked soil; soft wet earth; plaster with mud

meadow collapse

glade collapse

mire collapse: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot; a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from; "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"; "caught in the mire of poverty"; soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"; cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"

cesspool collapse: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

marsh collapse: low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England"; New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982); United States painter (1898-1954)

salt marsh collapse: low-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater

bottomland collapse: low-lying alluvial land near a river

quagmire collapse

sump collapse: a well or other hole in which water has collected; an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine

moss collapse: tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants

morass collapse

garbage dump collapse

wallow collapse: an indolent or clumsy rolling about; "a good wallow in the water"; a puddle where animals go to wallow; delight greatly in; "wallow in your success!"; devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure; "Wallow in luxury"; "wallow in your sorrows"; be ecstatic with joy; roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"

quicksand collapse: a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down; a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy

flower bed collapse

vineyard collapse: a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced

herbarium collapse: a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study

rock garden collapse: a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants

sewer collapse: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water; someone who sews; "a sewer of fine gowns"

swamp collapse: low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog; a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; "he was trapped in a medical swamp"; drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"

shrubbery collapse: a collection of shrubs growing together; an area where a number of shrubs are planted

toilet collapse: the act of dressing and preparing yourself; "he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast"; a room or building equipped with one or more toilets; a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

slough collapse: any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake); a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou); a hollow filled with mud

bottom collapse: a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms"; the lower side of anything; the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill"; the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat; the lowest rank; "bottom member of the class"; strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom; provide with a bottom or a seat; "bottom the chairs"

purgatory collapse: (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins; a temporary condition of torment or suffering; "a purgatory of drug abuse"

arboretum collapse: a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition

lavatory collapse

privy collapse: hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"

set back collapse: slow down the progress of; hinder; "His late start set him back"; cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"

oats collapse

wheat collapse: grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour; annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

detain collapse

hinder collapse

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