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Clog Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Clog?
[n] a dance performed while wearing clogs; has heavy stamping steps
[n] any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction [n] footwear usually with wooden soles [v] fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details" [v] coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" [v] impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today" [v] impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses were clogged until they were tamed" [v] become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [v] dance a clog dance Synonyms | Synonyms for Clog: back up | choke | choke off | clog dance | clog dancing | clog up | clot | congest | constipate | foul | geta | overload | patten | sabot Related Terms | Find terms related to Clog: 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 | checkrein | chink | chock | choke | choke off | choke up | choking | choking off | clog up | congest | congestion | constipate | constipation | cork | costiveness | countercheck | cover | cul-de-sac | curb | curb bit | dam | dam up | damper | dance | dead end | doorstop | drag | drag sail | drift anchor | drift sail | drogue | embolism | embolus | encumber | fetter | fill | fill up | foot | foul | fox-trot | gorge | hamper | holdback | hoof | hop | impasse | impede | impediment | infarct | infarction | jam | martingale | obstacle | obstipate | obstipation | obstruct | obstruction | pack | pelham | plug | plug up | prance | remora | scotch | sea anchor | sealing off | shackle | shake | shimmy | shuffle | skip | snaffle | spile | spoke | stanch | stay | stench | stop | stop up | stoppage | stopper | stopple | strangulation | stuff | stuff up | tap-dance | trammel | trip | waltz See Also | block | choke up | close up | coalesce | constrain | crap up | cumber | dance | encumber | encumbrance | fill | fill up | footgear | footwear | gum up | hindrance | hitch | impede | incumbrance | interference | jam | lug | make full | obstruct | obturate | occlude | preventative | preventive | restrain | silt | silt up | slow | slow down | slow up | stuff | tap dance | tap dancing | trip the light fantastic | trip the light fantastic toe Clog In Webster's Dictionary \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. --Burke.
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. --Hudibras.
A clog of lead was round my feet. --Tennyson.
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.
--Harvey.
{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\, 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. --Dryden. 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. --Addison. You 'll rue the time That clogs me with this answer. --Shak. Syn: Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain; restrict. \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. --S. Sharp. 2. To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass. Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog not together. --Evelyn. |
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