bog down
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
get stuck while doing something
She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation
Types & categories
- break off hypernym
Sense 2 verb
cause to get stuck as if in a mire
The mud mired our cart
Related & opposite
- grind to a halt causes
- mire derivation
- grind to a halt verb group
Sense 3 verb
be unable to move further
The car bogged down in the sand
Types & categories
- stand still hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
cause to slow down or get stuck
The vote would bog down the house
Types & categories
- slow up hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | break off |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | grind to a halt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mire |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | grind to a halt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mire |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | mire |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stand still |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | slow up |