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clog       (klôg, klŏg)  Pronunciation Key  (click for larger image in new window) n.   An obstruction or hindrance. A weight, such as a block, attached to the leg of an animal to hinder movement. A heavy, usually wooden-soled shoe. v.   clogged, clog·ging, clogs v.   tr. To obstruct movement on or in; block up: Heavy traffic clogged the freeways. To hamper the function or activity of; impede: "attorneys clogging our courts with actions designed to harass state and local governments" (Roslyn L. Anderson and Patricia L. Irvin). v.   intr. To become obstructed or choked up: The pipes had clogged with rust. To thicken or stick together; clot. To do a clog dance. [Middle English, block attached to an animal's leg.]

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clog
noun
1.	footwear usually with wooden soles
2.	any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
3.	a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps [syn: clog dance]
verb
1.	become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [ant: unclog]
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"; "My mind is constipated today"
5.	coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots"
6.	fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"

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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.

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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.

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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.