clog

  • 11clog — I verb arrest, astrict, bar, barricade, be obstructive, block, block up, bridle, burden, checkmate, choke, close, close off, constrict, cumber, dam, deadlock, detain, exclude, forbid, foreclose, forestall, frustrate, hamper, handicap, hinder,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 12clog — vb fetter, hog tie, shackle, manacle, *hamper, trammel Analogous words: impede, obstruct, *hinder, block: balk, baffle, *frustrate: check, curb (see RESTRAIN) Antonyms: expedite, facilitate Contrasted words: *free, liberate, release: forward, f …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 13clog — clog1 [klɔg US kla:g] v also clog up past tense and past participle clogged present participle clogging [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: clog to prevent an animal from moving by tying a wooden block to it (14 19 centuries), from clog (noun);… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14Clog — Typischer Clog (Fersenpartie offen) …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 15clog — [[t]klɒg, klɔg[/t]] v. clogged, clog•ging, n. 1) to hinder or obstruct with thick or sticky matter; choke up: to clog a drain[/ex] 2) to crowd excessively; overfill: Cars clogged the highway[/ex] 3) to encumber; hamper; hinder 4) to become… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 16clog up — verb become or cause to become obstructed The leaves clog our drains in the Fall The water pipe is backed up • Syn: ↑clog, ↑choke off, ↑back up, ↑congest, ↑choke, ↑foul …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 17clog — cloggily, adv. clogginess, n. cloggy, adj. /klog, klawg/, v., clogged, clogging, n. v.t. 1. to hinder or obstruct with thick or sticky matter; choke up: to clog a drain. 2. to crowd excessively, esp. so that movement is impeded; overfill: Cars… …

    Universalium

  • 18Clog — Clọg 〈m. 6; meist Pl.〉 pantoffelähnlicher Schuh mit Holzsohle [engl.] * * * Clog [klɔk , engl.: klɒg], der; s, s <meist Pl.> [engl. clog, H. u.]: Holzpantoffel mit dicker Sohle. * * * Clọg   [englisch] der, s/ s, meist Plural, modischer… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 19clog — {{11}}clog (n.) early 14c., clogge a lump of wood, origin unknown. Also used in M.E. of large pieces of jewelry and large testicles. The sense of wooden soled shoe is first recorded late 14c., probably originally meaning the wooden sole itself.… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 20clog — I UK [klɒɡ] / US [klɑɡ] verb Word forms clog : present tense I/you/we/they clog he/she/it clogs present participle clogging past tense clogged past participle clogged 1) [intransitive/transitive] to block something such as a pipe, tube, or… …

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