clog meaning

• 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. Dance a clog dance 
  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
     - clot 
  6. Fill to excess so that function is impaired
     "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"
     - overload
  Noun: clog  klóg
  1. Footwear usually with wooden soles
     - geta, patten, sabot 
  2. Any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction 
  3. A dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps
     - clog dance, clog dancing

  Derived forms: clogs, clogging, clogged

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

  Antonym: unclog

  Encyclopedia: Clog

• The pipe is so small that it clogs very easily.
• Their wooden clogs squeak in the snow.
• Don't clog your memory with useless facts.
• Oil soon clogs in cold weather.
• A clog or fetter on the equity of redemption is void.
• His style never seriously clogs the movement of his stories.
• In cotton and wool processing, short length fibers may clog sewers.
• Sludge can also clog oil passages and prevent normal engine lubrication.
• The solids would clog sewers, cause interference in subsequent treatment processes.
• Some of the particles clog my smaller passages and some actually sear my tissues.

• "clog" meaning in Chinese: n. 1.阻碍，阻塞；制动器；(系在兽脚上限制其行动的)坠子；枷。2.木底鞋；木屐；木屐舞。 vt. (-gg-)...
• "clog" meaning in Japanese: １clog n. 木靴. 【動詞＋】 ◆wear clogs 木靴をはく. 【形容詞 名詞＋】 ◆a pair of...
• "clog" meaning in Russian: 1) препятствие, помеха Ex: a perpetual clog to public busi...
• "clog" meaning in French: n. entrave, sabot v. boucher, obstruer; entraver, gêner