Clog

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An obstruction or hindrance.
  • n. A weight, such as a block, attached to the leg of an animal to hinder movement.
  • n. A heavy, usually wooden-soled shoe.
  • v. To obstruct movement on or in; block up: Heavy traffic clogged the freeways.
  • v. 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).
  • verb-intransitive. To become obstructed or choked up: The pipes had clogged with rust.
  • verb-intransitive. To thicken or stick together; clot.
  • verb-intransitive. To do a clog dance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
  • n. A blockage.
  • n. A shoe of any type.
  • v. To block or slow passage through (often with 'up').
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.
  • n. A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.
  • n. A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine.
  • v. To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
  • v. To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up.
  • v. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
  • verb-intransitive. To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.
  • verb-intransitive. To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A block or mass of anything constituting an encumbrance.
  • n. Specifically— A block of wood or other material fastened to an animal, as by a rope or chain to its leg, to impede its movements.
  • n. A block of wood fastened to or placed under the wheel of a vehicle to serve as a brake in descending a hill.
  • n. Hence Any encumbrance; anything that hinders motion or action, physical or moral, or renders it difficult; a hindrance or impediment.
  • n. Same as clog-almanac.
  • n. A cone of the pine or other coniferous tree.
  • n. A kind of shoe with a very thick sole and high heels, worn either alone or as an overshoe.
  • n. Hence A similar shoe used in the modern clog-dance.
  • n. A clog-dance.
  • n. In coal-mining, a short piece of timber placed between a prop and the roof which it helps to support.
  • To impede the movements of; encumber; hamper; hobble, as by a chain, a rope, a block of wood, or the like: as, to clog a bullock to prevent it from leaping fences; to clog a wheel.
  • To restrain; confine.
  • To choke up; obstruct so as to hinder passage through: as, to clog a tube; to clog a vein.
  • Figuratively, to throw obstacles in the way of; encumber; hinder; burden; trammel; hamper: as, to clog commerce with restrictions.
  • Synonyms To shackle, fetter, restrain, cumber, embarrass, restrict.
  • To become loaded, encumbered, or choked up with extraneous matter.
  • To coalesce; unite and adhere in a cluster or mass; stick together.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
  • v. impede with a clog or as if with a clog
  • n. footwear usually with wooden soles
  • v. coalesce or unite in a mass
  • n. a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps
  • v. fill to excess so that function is impaired
  • v. dance a clog dance
  • v. impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden
  • v. become or cause to become obstructed
  • Verb Form
    clogged    clogging    clogs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    hindrance   
    Variant
    clogged    clogging    chopine   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    burden    impede    hinder    restrain    embarrass    obstruct    restrict    trammel    Embarrass    perplex   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hogg    Og    Ogg    Prague    Prolog    Rog    agog    bog    dague    flog   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts