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