embog
1embog — em·bog …
2embog — ə̇m, em+ transitive verb Etymology: en (I) + bog (n.) : to sink into or as if into a bog : bog down : mire the meeting became embogged in arguments over precedent …
3set back — [v] delay, hinder bog down*, decelerate, defeat, detain, embog, hang up*, hold up, impede, mire, retard, reverse, slow, slow down, slow up; concept 130 Ant. advance, forward …
4slow — [adj1] unhurried, lazy apathetic, crawling, creeping, dawdling, delaying, deliberate, dilatory, disinclined, dreamy, drowsy, easy, gradual, heavy, idle, imperceptible, inactive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, leaden, leisurely …