clog

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clog

A dancer performs a traditional clog dance on a wooden stage.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A type of shoe: A shoe with a thick, typically wooden sole.
    • An obstruction: Something that blocks a passage or pipe, hindering movement or flow.
    • A dance: A traditional dance performed while wearing clogs, characterized by heavy, stamping steps.

  2. Verb:

    • To block or obstruct: To fill or block a passage, pipe, or mechanism so that nothing can pass through.
    • To hinder or impede: To slow down or prevent the progress or function of something.
    • To dance a clog dance: To perform the specific dance associated with clogs.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • She wore traditional wooden clogs in the folk dance.
    • A clog in the drain caused the sink to overflow.

  • Verb:

    • Leaves can clog the gutters in autumn.
    • Too much traffic clogs the city streets during rush hour.
    • The dancers will clog to the lively music.
Advanced Usage

  • "to clog up": To become or cause to become completely blocked.

    • The filter clogged up after a few weeks of use.

  • Figurative use: To overload or overwhelm a system, process, or mind.

    • Unnecessary paperwork clogs the administrative system.
    • Worry began to clog his thoughts.
Variants and Related Words

  • Clogged (adj): Blocked or obstructed.

    • The clogged artery required surgery.

  • Clogging (n): The activity or style of dancing a clog dance.

    • She takes clogging lessons every Tuesday.
Synonyms
  • Block (v): To obstruct.
  • Jam (v): To become stuck or cause to become stuck.
  • Choke (v): To block or fill to excess.
  • Obstruction (n): A thing that blocks a passage.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Clog up: To become blocked.
    • The engine clogged up with sludge.
Related Idioms
  • "To throw a clog in the works": To cause a problem or delay in a process. (A variation of "to throw a spanner/monkey wrench in the works").
    • His last-minute request threw a clog in the works.
clog

A dancer performs a traditional clog dance on a wooden stage.

Noun
  1. a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps
  2. any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
  3. footwear usually with wooden soles
Verb
  1. fill to excess so that function is impaired
    • Fear clogged her mind
    • The story was clogged with too many details
  2. coalesce or unite in a mass
    • Blood clots
  3. impede with a clog or as if with a clog
    • The market is being clogged by these operations
    • My mind is constipated today
  4. impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden
    • horses were clogged until they were tamed
  5. dance a clog dance
  6. become or cause to become obstructed
    • The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
    • The water pipe is backed up

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