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The Meaning of clog

  • (v.) That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.
  • (v.) A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.
  • (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.
  • (v. t.) To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
  • (v. t.) To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.
  • (v. t.) To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
  • (v. i.) To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.
  • (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