clog

  • 21clog — 1 verb also clog up (I, T) if something clogs a road, pipe etc, or a road or a pipe clogs, it gradually becomes blocked and no longer works properly: Don t put potato peelings down the drain, they ll clog up the pipe. | clog sth with: The roads… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22clog — I. noun Etymology: Middle English clogge short thick piece of wood Date: 14th century 1. a. a weight attached especially to an animal to hinder motion b. something that shackles or impedes ; encumbrance 1 2. a shoe, sandal, or overshoe having a… …

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  • 23clog — verb Clog is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑traffic Clog is used with these nouns as the object: ↑artery, ↑drain, ↑highway, ↑intake, ↑lung, ↑pore, ↑road, ↑sink, ↑street, ↑ …

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  • 24clog up — phr verb Clog up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑artery Clog up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑intake, ↑road, ↑street, ↑system …

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  • 25clog — clog1 [ klag ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to block something such as a pipe, tube, or passage, or to become blocked, so that nothing can get through: The drain s clogged again. be clogged with something: The streams are clogged with ice …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 26clog — [c]/klɒg / (say klog) verb (clogged, clogging) –verb (t) 1. to encumber; hamper; hinder. 2. to hinder or obstruct, especially by sticky matter; choke up. –verb (i) 3. to become clogged, encumbered, or choked up. 4. to stick; stick together. –noun …

  • 27clog dancing — ➡ clog * * * …

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  • 28clog — 1. noun /klɒɡ,klɑg/ a) A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel. Dutch people rarely wear clogs these days. b) A blockage …

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  • 29clog — Synonyms and related words: arrest, bar, barrier, bearing rein, bind, bit, blank wall, blind alley, blind gut, block, block up, blockade, blockage, bottleneck, brake, bung, caulk, cecum, chain, check, checkrein, chink, chock, choke, choke off,… …

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  • 30clog — [[t]klɒ̱g[/t]] clogs, clogging, clogged 1) VERB When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through. [V n] Dirt clogs the pores, causing spots... [V n] The traffic clogged the Thames bridges. Syn: block …

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