Canadian English Meaning of clog

clog

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Definitions and Meaning of clog in English

Wordnet

clog (n)

footwear usually with wooden soles

any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction

a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps

Wordnet

clog (v)

become or cause to become obstructed

dance a clog dance

impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden

impede with a clog or as if with a clog

coalesce or unite in a mass

fill to excess so that function is impaired

Webster

clog (v.)

That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.

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.

Webster

clog (v. t.)

To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.

To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.

To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.

Webster

clog (v. i.)

To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.

To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.

FAQs About the word clog

clog

footwear usually with wooden soles, any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction, a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamp

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clofibrate => Clofibrate, cloff => doesn't exist, clodhopping => clumsy (ˈklʌmzɪ), clodhopper => gumboot, cloddy => cloddy,