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Clog

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Noun

1. clog, geta, patten, sabot

footwear usually with wooden soles

2. clog

any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction

3. clog, clog dance, clog dancing

a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps

Verb

4. back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul

become or cause to become obstructed

Example Sentences:
'The leaves clog our drains in the Fall'
'The water pipe is backed up'

5. clog

dance a clog dance

6. clog

impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden

Example Sentences:
'horses were clogged until they were tamed'

7. clog, constipate

impede with a clog or as if with a clog

Example Sentences:
'The market is being clogged by these operations'
'My mind is constipated today'

8. clog, clot

coalesce or unite in a mass

Example Sentences:
'Blood clots'

9. clog, overload

fill to excess so that function is impaired

Example Sentences:
'Fear clogged her mind'
'The story was clogged with too many details'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Clog

see synonyms of clog
verbWord forms: clogs, clogging or clogged
1. 
to obstruct or become obstructed with thick or sticky matter
2. (transitive)
to encumber; hinder; impede
3. (transitive)
to fasten a clog or impediment to (an animal, such as a horse)
4. (intransitive)
to adhere or stick in a mass
5. slang
(in soccer) to foul (an opponent)
noun
6. 
a. 
any of various wooden or wooden-soled shoes
b. 
(as modifier)
clog dance
7. 
a heavy block, esp of wood, fastened to the leg of a person or animal to impede motion
8. 
something that impedes motion or action; hindrance
9.  pop one's clogs
verbWord forms: clogs, clogging or clogged
to use a photo-enabled mobile phone to take a photograph of (someone) and send it to a website without his or her knowledge or consent

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Clog

see synonyms of clog
noun
1. 
a weight fastened to the leg of an animal to hinder motion
2. 
anything that hinders or obstructs; hindrance
3. 
a shoe, sandal, etc. with a thick, usually wooden, sole: light clogs are used in clog dancing
4. 
clog dance
verb transitiveWord forms: clogged or ˈclogging
5. 
to hinder; impede
6. 
to fill with obstructions or with thick, sticky matter; stop up; jam
verb intransitive
7. 
to become stopped up
8. 
to become thick or sticky, so as to clog
9. 
to do a clog dance

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Clog

see synonyms of clog
n.
1. An obstruction or hindrance.
2. A weight, such as a block, attached to the leg of an animal to hinder movement.
3. A heavy, traditionally wooden-soled shoe.
v. clogged, clog·ging, clogs
v.tr.
1. To obstruct movement on or in; block up: Heavy traffic clogged the freeways.
2. To hamper the function or activity of; impede: "attorneys clogging our courts with actions designed to harass state and local governments" (Roslyn L. Anderson and Patricia L. Irvin).
v.intr.
1. To become obstructed or choked up: The pipes had clogged with rust.
2. To thicken or stick together; clot.
3. To do a clog dance.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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