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The Meaning of clog
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(v.) That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.
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(v.) A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.
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(v.) 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.
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(v. t.) To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
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(v. t.) To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.
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(v. t.) To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
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(v. i.) To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.
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(v. i.) To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.
Synonyms
wooden shoe
,
geta
,
patten
,
clog dancing
,
sabot
,
clog dance
,
contaminate
,
drop dead
,
strangle
,
pop off
,
gag
,
buy the farm
,
give-up the ghost
,
clot
,
choke
,
foul
,
throttle
,
support
,
cash in one's chips
,
fret
,
befoul
,
kick the bucket
,
expire
,
choke off
,
back
,
pass away
,
perish
,
croak
,
conk
,
asphyxiate
,
defile
,
clog up
,
back up
,
snuff it
,
decease
,
maculate
,
back down
,
go
,
choke down
,
constipate
,
pass
,
exit
,
back off
,
die
,
pollute
,
suffocate
,
overload
,
congest
,
scrag
,
stifle
,
choke back
,
bind
,
curdle
,
coagulate
,
clabber
,
overcharge
,
surcharge
,
hinder
,
baffle
,
foil
,
obstruct
,
retard
,
balk
,
counteract
,
frustrate
,
oppose
,
stay
,
bar
,
delay
,
hamper
,
prevent
,
stop
,
block
,
embarrass
,
impede
,
resist
,
thwart
,
check
,
encumber
,
interrupt
Antonyms
unclog
Homophones
clague
Rhymes
acog
,
agog
,
analog
,
analogue
,
backlog
,
bog
,
brogue
,
bulldog
,
bullfrog
,
catalogue
,
clague
,
cog
,
dague
,
demagogue
,
dialogue
,
dog
,
eggnog
,
epilogue
,
flog
,
fog
,
fogg
,
frog
,
frogg
,
frogge
,
grog
,
grogg
,
groundhog
,
gulag
,
haag
,
haug
,
hedgehog
,
hertzog
,
hog
,
hogg
,
hogge
,
hotdog
,
jog
,
krog
,
lague
,
leapfrog
,
log
,
maag
,
metagogue
,
mogg
,
monologue
,
og
,
ogg
,
parag
,
pirog
,
plog
,
pog
,
prague
,
prolog
,
rogge
,
sandhog
,
scrog
,
skog
,
slog
,
smog
,
synagogue
,
tagalog
,
tague
,
togue
,
travelogue
,
underdog
,
waag
,
watchdog
,
waterlog
,
zaugg
,
zogg