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clog
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- pronunciation:
- klag
[or]
klawg
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- clog up
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
clogs, clogging, clogged |
| definition 1: |
to block passage along or through.
Traffic clogs the city streets.The pipe was clogged with sediment.- synonyms:
- block, obstruct, stop up
- similar words:
- bottleneck, choke, clot, congest, dam, foul, gum up, occlude, plug up
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| definition 2: |
to make heavy, so as to hinder.
- synonyms:
- cumber, encumber
- similar words:
- burden, hinder
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| definition 3: |
to fill beyond capacity.
- synonyms:
- congest, cram, overstuff
- similar words:
- choke, crowd, fill, overcrowd, stuff
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| related words: |
block, close, glut, jam, pack |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to become blocked, esp. with sticky matter.
The sink drain has clogged.- synonyms:
- congest
- similar words:
- choke, gum
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| definition 2: |
to do a clog dance.
- similar words:
- square-dance
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| related words: |
foul |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a blockage or impediment to motion, such as a weight attached to an animal's leg.
- synonyms:
- cramp, encumbrance, hindrance, trammel
- similar words:
- blockage, fetter, hobble, impediment
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| definition 2: |
a shoe or sandal with a thick, usu. wooden sole.
- similar words:
- trammel
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| related words: |
block |
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| phrase: |
clog up |
| derivations: |
clogged (adj.), cloggy (adj.), clogginess (n.) |
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