clogs

[Clog]

A clog is a blockage, or something that gets in the way. A clog in your kitchen sink might mean you have to call a plumber before you can wash your dishes.

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That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

Noun
a dance performed while wearing clogs; has heavy stamping steps

Noun
any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction

Noun
footwear usually with wooden soles

Verb
fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"

Verb
coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots"

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Verb
impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"

Verb
impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses were clogged until they were tamed"

Verb
become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"

Verb
dance a clog dance

v.
That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

v.
A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.

v.
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.

v. t.
To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.

v. t.
To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.

v. t.
To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.

v. i.
To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.

v. i.
To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.

Clog

Clog , 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Clog

Clog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clogged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Clogging.] 1. To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.

The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow.

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.

You 'll rue the time That clogs me with this answer.

Syn. -- Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain; restrict.

Clog

Clog, v. i. 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.

2. To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.

Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog not together.

That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.

To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.

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