clog

(noun, verb)

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.