clog
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (3)
- footwear usually with wooden solesSynonyms: getapattensabot
- any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
- a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping stepsSynonyms: clog danceclog dancing
Verb (6)
- become or cause to become obstructed“The leaves clog our drains in the Fall”“The water pipe is backed up”Synonyms: choke offclog upback upcongestchokefoul
- dance a clog dance
- impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden“horses were clogged until they were tamed”
- impede with a clog or as if with a clog“The market is being clogged by these operations”“My mind is constipated today”Synonyms: constipate
- coalesce or unite in a mass“Blood clots”Synonyms: clot
- fill to excess so that function is impaired“Fear clogged her mind”“The story was clogged with too many details”Synonyms: overload
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind. [1913 Webster]
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.[1913 Webster]
2.A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion. [1913 Webster]
As a dog . . . but chance breaks loose, And quits his clog.— Hudibras.[1913 Webster]
A clog of lead was round my feet.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs.— Harvey.[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
1.To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter. [1913 Webster]
In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw will begin to clog.— S. Sharp.[1913 Webster]
2.To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass. [1913 Webster]
Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog not together.— Evelyn.[1913 Webster]
1.To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper. [1913 Webster]
The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
2.To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel. [1913 Webster]
3.To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex. [1913 Webster]
The commodities are clogged with impositions.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
You 'll rue the time That clogs me with this answer.— Shak.
Syn: Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain; restrict. [1913 Webster]