Clog
[klɒg] or [klɑg]
Definition
(noun.) any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction.
(noun.) footwear usually with wooden soles.
(verb.) fill to excess so that function is impaired; 'Fear clogged her mind'; 'The story was clogged with too many details'.
(verb.) coalesce or unite in a mass; 'Blood clots'.
(verb.) impede with a clog or as if with a clog; 'The market is being clogged by these operations'; 'My mind is constipated today'.
(verb.) impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; 'horses were clogged until they were tamed'.
(verb.) become or cause to become obstructed; 'The leaves clog our drains in the Fall'; 'The water pipe is backed up'.
(verb.) dance a clog dance.
Editor: Nita--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Typist: Nigel
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Trammel, shackle, fetter.[2]. Obstruct, impede, hinder, restrain, embarrass, cumber, encumber, CLAM.
n. [1]. Trammel, fetter, shackle, drag weight, dead weight.[2]. Impediment, encumbrance, hinderance, obstacle, obstruction, check, drawback.
Edited by Lester
Definition
n. a piece of wood: anything hindering motion: an obstruction: an impediment: a shoe with a wooden sole.—v.t. to fasten a piece of wood to: to accumulate in a mass and cause a stoppage: to obstruct: to encumber: to put clogs on.—ns. Clog′-al′manac an early form of almanac having the indicating characters notched on wood horn &c.; Clog′-dance a dance performed with clogs the clatter keeping time to the music.—adj. Clogged encumbered.—ns. Clog′ger one who makes clogs; Clog′giness.—adj. Clog′gy lumpy sticky.
Edited by Gene
Examples
- The surplus water is best removed by centrifugal pumps, since sand and sticks which would clog the valves of an ordinary pump are passed along without difficulty by the rotating wheel. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A clog whizzed through the air. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He had a clog, a sort of monomania. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The watchmaker, unassisted by the magnifying glass, could not detect the tiny grains of dust or sand which clog the delicate wheels of our watches. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- At this moment one of the heath-croppers feeding in the outer shadows was audibly shaking off the clog attached to its foot. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- One may be clogged with honey and unable to rise and fly. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- By means of a lens, a watchmaker gets an enlarged image of the dust which clogs the wheels of his watch. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Mrs. Bute continued, stamping in her clogs. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Most catarrhal troubles are accompanied by an oversupply of mucus which frequently clogs up the Eustachian tube and produces deafness. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Her eye was on the group of lads who had armed themselves with their clogs some time before. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- While the record is being traced the waxed disc is kept flooded with alcohol from a glass jar, seen in the cut, to soften the film and prevent the clogging of the stylus. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- These openings are visible on all gas stoves, and should be kept clean and free of clogging, in order to insure complete combustion. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Checker: Sabina