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clog

   [klog, klawg] verb, clogged, clog·ging, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to hinder or obstruct with thick or sticky matter; choke up: to clog a drain.
2.
to crowd excessively, especially so that movement is impeded; overfill: Cars clogged the highway.
3.
to encumber; hamper; hinder.
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verb (used without object)
4.
to become clogged, encumbered, or choked up.
5.
to stick; stick together.
6.
to do a clog dance.

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noun
7.
anything that impedes motion or action; an encumbrance; a hindrance.
8.
a shoe or sandal with a thick sole of wood, cork, rubber, or the like.
9.
a similar but lighter shoe worn in the clog dance.
10.
a heavy block, as of wood, fastened to a person or beast to impede movement.
11.
clog dance.
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12.
British Dialect. a thick piece of wood.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English, of uncertain origin

Related forms
clog·gi·ly, adverb
clog·gi·ness, noun
clog·gy, adjective
an·ti·clog·ging, adjective
o·ver·clog, verb (used with object), -clogged, -clog·ging.

Synonyms
3. impede, trammel, fetter.

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clog1 (klɒɡ)
 
—vb , clogs, clogging, clogged
1.  to obstruct or become obstructed with thick or sticky matter
2.  (tr) to encumber; hinder; impede
3.  (tr) to fasten a clog or impediment to (an animal, such as a horse)
4.  (intr) to adhere or stick in a mass
5.  slang (in soccer) to foul (an opponent)
 
—n
6.  a.  any of various wooden or wooden-soled shoes
 b.  (as modifier): clog dance
7.  a heavy block, esp of wood, fastened to the leg of a person or animal to impede motion
8.  something that impedes motion or action; hindrance
9.  slang pop one's clogs to die
 
[C14 (in the sense: block of wood): of unknown origin]
 
'cloggy1
 
—adj
 
'clogginess1
 
—n

clog2 (klɒɡ)
 
—vb , clogs, clogging, clogged
to use a photo-enabled mobile phone to take a photograph of (someone) and send it to a website without his or her knowledge or consent
 
[C21: c(amera) + log]
 
'clogging2
 
—n

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Word Origin & History

clog
early 14c., clogge "a lump of wood," origin unknown. The sense of "wooden-soled shoe" is first recorded early 15c., probably originally meaning the wooden sole itself. The sense of "hinder" is from late 14c., originally by fastening a block of wood to something; meaning "choke up" is 17c.
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