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clog Definition

clog (kläg, klôg)

noun

  1. a weight fastened to the leg of an animal to hinder motion
  2. anything that hinders or obstructs; hindrance
  3. a shoe, sandal, etc. with a thick, usually wooden, sole: light clogs are used in clog dancing
  4. clog dance

Etymology: ME clogge, a lump of wood < ? clod, clod + logge, log

transitive verb clogged, clog′·ging

  1. to hinder; impede
  2. to fill with obstructions or with thick, sticky matter; stop up; jam

intransitive verb

  1. to become stopped up
  2. to become thick or sticky, so as to clog
  3. to do a clog dance

clog Related Forms
clog′·gi·ness noun clog′gy adjective
clog Synonyms

clog

v.

stop up, seal, obstruct, jam; see bar 1, close 2, hinder, plug.

clog Usage Examples

Object

  • artery: Better blood flow is crucial to avoiding narrowed or clogged arteries, leading to heart attack or stroke.
  • california: Which have not clog the california on the whole.
  • filter: Also, best to avoid rain water getting into it, as this is dirty and clogs the filters.
  • channel: The liquefied toxins clog the channels of the body.

Converse of object

  • wear: SPEAKER 3: I wouldn't be seen dead wearing clogs!

Adjective modifier

  • clever: Some clever clogs could do it in 30 minutes of course.
  • wooden: Also, their footwear, simple leather shoes and wooden clogs, protect their feet from the worst of the mud.

Modifies a noun

  • dancing: Lucy Adams ' clog dancing board has been placed in position.
  • dancer: Geoff Hughes Geoff Hughes is a clog dancer who dances in the great Lancashire tradition.
  • dance: The clog dance was beautifully executed ( much better than Ashley Page on Blue Peter... .
  • maker: The various long handled knives used in clog making, also a clog makers last hammer.
  • factory: They decided to go and visit a clog factory.
  • iron: The usual price for fixing a set of clog irons, viz.

Modifying Another Word

  • hopelessly: I have never deleted an email, sent or received, so that my in and out boxes are now hopelessly clogged.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • up: Could clog up the system for a very very long time.

Particle object:

  • artery: Meanwhile children will die younger from clogged up arteries.
  • street: They will operate from early until late, so there will be no excuse for clogging up the streets with cars.

Preposition: with

  • mud: A number of deviations fails to prevent the rope becoming quickly clogged with mud.
  • dust: We saw one feeder so clogged with dust no bird could feed from it.
  • traffic: The Island is slowly becoming like the mainland, clogged with traffic.