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clog

noun

1 clog

Footwear usually with wooden soles.

synonyms: geta, patten, sabot.

Roget 225: clothing, investment; covering etc. 223; dress, raiment, drapery, costume, attire, guise, toilet, toilette, trim; ... show more

Roget 706: prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage; embolus, embolism [Med.]; infarct [Med.]; interruption, interception, interclusion; hindrance, impedition; retardment, ... show more

Dutch: krijg een, holsblok, klomp, klompschoen, schoenklomp
Polish: chodak

2 clog

Any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction.

3 clog

A dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps.

synonyms: clog dance, clog dancing.

Dutch: verstopping, klomp

verb

1 clog

Become or cause to become obstructed:
— The leaves clog our drains in the Fall.

synonyms: back up, choke, choke off, clog up, congest, foul.

Roget 706: hinder, impede, filibuster [U.S.], impedite, embarrass.    keep off, stave off, ward off; obviate; avert, antevert; turn aside, draw off, ... show more

Dutch: ophopen

2 clog

Dance a clog dance.

3 clog

Impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden.

4 clog

Impede with a clog or as if with a clog:
— The market is being clogged by these operations.

synonym: constipate.

5 clog

Coalesce or unite in a mass.

synonym: clot.

Dutch: samenklonteren

6 clog

Fill to excess so that function is impaired:
— Fear clogged her mind.
— The story was clogged with too many details.

synonym: overload.

Dutch: overbelasten


Moby thesaurus: arrest, bar, barrier, bearing rein, bind, bit, blank wall, blind alley, blind gut, block, block up, blockade, blockage, bottleneck, brake, bung, caulk, cecum, chain, check ... show more.

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