clog
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (6)clogged, clogging, clogs
- become or cause to become obstructed“The leaves clog our drains in the Fall”“The water pipe is backed up”Synonyms: choke offclog upback upcongestchokefoulcrap upMore general obstruct, obturateMore specific silt up, stuff, gum up
- dance a clog danceMore general dance, trip the light fantastic
- impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden“horses were clogged until they were tamed”More general restrain, encumber
- impede with a clog or as if with a clog“The market is being clogged by these operations”“My mind is constipated today”Synonyms: constipateMore general slow, slow down
- coalesce or unite in a mass“Blood clots”Synonyms: clotMore general coalesce
- fill to excess so that function is impaired“Fear clogged her mind”“The story was clogged with too many details”Synonyms: overloadMore general fill, fill up
Noun (3)clogs
- footwear usually with wooden solesSynonyms: getapattensabotType of footwear, footgear
- any object that acts as a hindrance or obstructionType of hindrance, hinderance
- a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping stepsSynonyms: clog danceclog dancingType of tap dancing, tap dance
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. clogge clog, Scot. clag, noun, a clot, verb, 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.
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.— Edmund Burke
2. A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.
As a dog... but chance breaks loose, And quits his clog.—
A clog of lead was round my feet.— Alfred Tennyson
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.
In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the middle sort... makes use of wooden clogs.— William Harvey
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.
1. To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow.— John Dryden
2. To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.
3. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
The commodities are clogged with impositions.— Joseph Addison
You 'll rue the time That clogs me with this answer.— William Shakespeare
Synonyms: Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain; restrict.
1. To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.
In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw will begin to clog.— Samuel Sharp
2. To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.
Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog not together.— John Evelyn
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54