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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, esp. so that movement is impeded; overfill: Cars clogged the highway.
3. to encumber; hamper; hinder.
–verb (used without object)
4. to become clogged, encumbered, or choked up.
5. to stick; stick together.
6. to do a clog dance.
–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.
12. British Dialect. a thick piece of wood.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME, of uncert. orig.


clog⋅gi⋅ly, adverb
clog⋅gi⋅ness, noun
cloggy, adjective


3. impede, trammel, fetter.
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