[syn: clog, overload]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clog \Clog\ (kl[o^]g), n. [OE. clogge clog, Scot. clag, n., a
clot, v., to to obstruct, cover with mud or anything
adhesive; prob. of the same origin as E. clay.]
1. That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an
encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.
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All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and
institutions of England are so many clogs to check
and retard the headlong course of violence and
opression. --Burke.
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2. A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or
an animal to hinder motion.
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As a dog . . . but chance breaks loose,
And quits his clog. --Hudibras.
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A clog of lead was round my feet. --Tennyson.
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3. 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.
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In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the
middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs.
--Harvey.
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Clog almanac, a primitive kind of almanac or calendar,
formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and
figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of
wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a Runic staff, from
the Runic characters used in the numerical notation.
Clog dance, a dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or
thick-soled shoes.
Clog dancer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clog \Clog\, v. i.
1. To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with
extraneous matter.
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In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw
will begin to clog. --S. Sharp.
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2. To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.
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Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog
not together. --Evelyn.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clog \Clog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clogged (kl[o^]gd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Clogging.]
1. To encumber or load, especially with something that
impedes motion; to hamper.
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The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow.
--Dryden.
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2. To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke
up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.
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3. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
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The commodities are clogged with impositions.
--Addison.
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You 'll rue the time
That clogs me with this answer. --Shak.
Syn: Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain;
restrict.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clog
n 1: footwear usually with wooden soles [syn: clog, geta,
patten, sabot]
2: any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
3: a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has
heavy stamping steps [syn: clog dance, clog dancing,
clog]
v 1: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our
drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn:
clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest,
choke, foul] [ant: unclog]
2: dance a clog dance
3: impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses
were clogged until they were tamed"
4: impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being
clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"
[syn: clog, constipate]
5: coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" [syn: clog,
clot]
6: fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged
her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"
[syn: clog, overload]