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# boggy

«boggy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Wet, soft and muddy like a bog, so your feet sink in** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (boggy, boggier, boggiest)

### meaning for a pupil

Wet, soft and muddy like a bog, so your feet sink in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boggy/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and on walks «boggy» ground means you need wellies and must be careful; it is common on moors in Ireland, Scotland and northern England. In stories boggy land slows travellers down. Phrases: «boggy ground», «boggy field», «a boggy path».

### examples

- The field was too boggy for football after the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boggy/#x1)
- My boot got stuck in the boggy ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boggy/#x2)
- Ireland has lots of boggy land with peat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boggy/#x3)
- Stay on the path — it's boggy over there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boggy/#x4)
- The boggy bit by the stream is full of frogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boggy/#x5)
- This year's sports day was the boggiest ever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boggy/#x6)

### note

Comparative boggier, boggiest. From «bog». Do not confuse with «bogey» (snot, or a golf score) or «buggy» (a pushchair).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «boggy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boggy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.