clog

[ klog, klawg ]

/ klɒg, klɔg /

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verb (used with object), clogged, clog·ging.

to hinder or obstruct with thick or sticky matter; choke up: to clog a drain.

to crowd excessively, especially so that movement is impeded; overfill: Cars clogged the highway.

to encumber; hamper; hinder.

verb (used without object), clogged, clog·ging.

to become clogged, encumbered, or choked up.

to stick; stick together.

to do a clog dance.

noun

anything that impedes motion or action; an encumbrance; a hindrance.

a shoe or sandal with a thick sole of wood, cork, rubber, or the like.

a similar but lighter shoe worn in the clog dance.

a heavy block, as of wood, fastened to a person or beast to impede movement.

clog dance.

British Dialect. a thick piece of wood.

OTHER WORDS FOR clog

3 impede, trammel, fetter.

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Origin of clog

1350–1400; Middle English, of uncertain origin

OTHER WORDS FROM clog

clog·gi·ly, adverbclog·gi·ness, nouncloggy, adjectivean·ti·clog·ging, adjective

o·ver·clog, verb (used with object), o·ver·clogged, o·ver·clog·ging.

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How to use clog in a sentence

Style-wise, they’re a mix between slippers and clogs, so they go with pajamas and jeans alike.
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She was on this steep hillside in her clogs, wailing away on the fire line.
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He put its science in simple terms “Imagine you have clogged up plumbing due to debris,” Chatterjee said.
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Alongside the emergency vehicles, neighborhood people clogged the sidewalks.
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In New York, the traffic from horse-drawn carriages clogged the streets at all hours.
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In 2011, the wires were clogged with stories of a potential Peace Prize gong for Julian Assange.
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Leno asked about his recent cardiovascular surgery in which doctors installed a stent to open up a clogged artery.
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The tube may become clogged with pieces of food, in which case it must be withdrawn, cleaned, and reintroduced.
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When the soil pipe from a water-closet is exposed in cold weather it may freeze up or be clogged by urinary deposits.
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They were so clogged with dust, however, as to be almost unserviceable, and their ammunition was expended.
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He shed them so thick they kind of clogged up the air, and altogether he shed seventeen suits.
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Arcot looked around, trying to decide what to do, but his brain was clogged.
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British Dictionary definitions for clog (1 of 2)

clog¹

/ (klɒɡ) /

verb clogs, clogging or clogged

to obstruct or become obstructed with thick or sticky matter

(tr) to encumber; hinder; impede

(tr) to fasten a clog or impediment to (an animal, such as a horse)

(intr) to adhere or stick in a mass

slang (in soccer) to foul (an opponent)

noun

any of various wooden or wooden-soled shoes
(as modifier)clog dance

a heavy block, esp of wood, fastened to the leg of a person or animal to impede motion

something that impedes motion or action; hindrance

pop one's clogs slang to die

Derived forms of clog

cloggy, adjectiveclogginess, noun

Word Origin for clog

C14 (in the sense: block of wood): of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for clog (2 of 2)

clog²

/ (klɒɡ) /

verb 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

Derived forms of clog

clogging, noun

Word Origin for clog

C21: c(amera) + log

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