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Verb: clog (clogged,clogging)  klóg
  1. Become or cause to become obstructed
    "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall";
    - choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul
     
  2. Fill to excess so that function is impaired
    "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details";
    - overload
     
  3. Impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden
    "horses were clogged until they were tamed"
     
  4. Impede with a clog or as if with a clog
    "The market is being clogged by these operations";
    - constipate
     
  5. Coalesce or unite in a mass
    "The wet cement started to clog in the mixer";
    - clot
     
  6. (dancing) dance a clog dance
    "The performers clogged energetically to the lively music"
Noun: clog  klóg
  1. Any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
    "The accumulation of leaves became a clog in the gutter"
     
  2. Footwear usually with wooden soles
    "She wore traditional Dutch clogs while working in the garden";
    - geta, patten, sabot
     
  3. A dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps
    "The Appalachian clog dancing competition drew participants from across the region";
    - clog dance, clog dancing, clogging [N. Amer]

Derived forms: clogged, clogs, clogging

Type of: block, close up, coalesce, dance, encumbrance, fill, fill up, footgear, footwear, hinderance [rare], hindrance, hitch, impede, incumbrance, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude, preventative, preventive, restrain, slow, slow down, slow up, tap dance, tap dancing, trip the light fantastic [archaic], trip the light fantastic toe [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Clog