bog vs retire

bog

verb
  • To go away. 

  • To make a mess of something. 

  • To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck. 

  • To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland. 

  • To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress. 

  • To defecate, to void one's bowels. 

  • To cover or spray with excrement. 

  • To sink and stick in bogland. 

noun
  • The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland. 

  • Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas. 

  • A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet. 

  • An act or instance of defecation. 

  • A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. 

  • An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp. 

retire

verb
  • To withdraw; to take away. 

  • To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness. 

  • To cease use or production of something. 

  • To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy. 

  • To fit (a vehicle) with new tires. 

  • To recede; to fall or bend back. 

  • To go to bed. 

  • To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat. 

  • To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure. 

  • To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay. 

  • To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list. 

  • To make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out, either by means of a put out, fly out or strikeout. 

noun
  • The act of retiring, or the state of being retired. 

  • A place to which one retires. 

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