clog
noun
1. footwear usually with wooden soles
Similar word(s): geta, patten, sabot
Definition categories: man–made, footgear, footwear
2. any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
Definition categories: man–made, encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive
3. a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps
Definition categories: act
Sentences with clog as a noun:
- Dutch people rarely wear clogs these days.
- The plumber cleared the clog from the drain.
verb
1. become or cause to become obstructed
- The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
Similar word(s): choke, congest, foul
Definition categories: contact, block, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude
2. dance a clog dance
Definition categories: creation, dance
3. impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden
- horses were clogged until they were tamed
Definition categories: contact, cumber, encumber, restrain
4. impede with a clog or as if with a clog
- The market is being clogged by these operations
Similar word(s): constipate
Definition categories: change, slow
5. coalesce or unite in a mass
Similar word(s): clot
Definition categories: change, coalesce
6. fill to excess so that function is impaired
- Fear clogged her mind
- The story was clogged with too many details
Similar word(s): overload
Definition categories: change, fill
Sentences with clog as a verb:
- Hair is clogging the drainpipe.
- The roads are clogged up with traffic.