clogged Hear it!

Variant of clog

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, clogging 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

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clogged Usage Examples

Object

  • artery: Better blood flow is crucial to avoiding narrowed or clogged arteries, leading to heart attack or stroke.

Modifying Another Word

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

Particle object:

  • artery: Meanwhile children will die younger from clogged up arteries.

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.

Browse dictionary entries near clogged

  1. ‹ clog dancing
  2. ‹ clog dancer
  3. ‹ clog dance
  4. ‹ clog
  5. ‹ clofibrate
  6. ‹ clodpoll
  7. ‹ clodpole
  8. ‹ clodhoppers
  9. ‹ clodhopper
  10. ‹ cloddy
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