clog

[klog, klawg] /klɒg, klɔg/
verb (used with object), clogged, clogging.
1.
to hinder or obstruct with thick or sticky matter; choke up:
to clog a drain.
2.
to crowd excessively, especially so that movement is impeded; overfill:
Cars clogged the highway.
3.
to encumber; hamper; hinder.
verb (used without object), clogged, clogging.
4.
to become clogged, encumbered, or choked up.
5.
to stick; stick together.
6.
to do a clog dance.
noun
7.
anything that impedes motion or action; an encumbrance; a hindrance.
8.
a shoe or sandal with a thick sole of wood, cork, rubber, or the like.
9.
a similar but lighter shoe worn in the clog dance.
10.
a heavy block, as of wood, fastened to a person or beast to impede movement.
11.
clog dance.
12.
British Dialect. a thick piece of wood.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English, of uncertain origin
Related forms
cloggily, adverb
clogginess, noun
cloggy, adjective
anticlogging, adjective
overclog, verb (used with object), overclogged, overclogging.
Synonyms
3. impede, trammel, fetter.
Examples from the web for clog
  • It used to be considered smart to block or clog up a board so that no one could put down a bingo.
  • Oil and grease can clog fish gills and block oxygen from entering the water.
  • They clog the streets and restaurants and take the parking places.
  • It oddly does not feel too greasy, absorbs quickly, doesn't clog my pores.
  • More frequent are the sandstorms, which clog drains that are tested no more than annually.
  • From early morning until late at night pedestrians and cars clog the streets.
  • If you fear that your feed will quickly clog with that much data streaming into it, organize them into a variety of folders.
  • However, as our vital transportation arteries clog up, current budgets do not project similar investments to meet future demand.
  • Subways and rail transit are being expanded as highways clog.
  • Enough to clog the drain in the concrete floor of our packing room.
British Dictionary definitions for clog

clog1

/klɒɡ/
verb clogs, clogging, clogged
1.
to obstruct or become obstructed with thick or sticky matter
2.
(transitive) to encumber; hinder; impede
3.
(transitive) to fasten a clog or impediment to (an animal, such as a horse)
4.
(intransitive) to adhere or stick in a mass
5.
(slang) (in soccer) to foul (an opponent)
noun
6.
  1. any of various wooden or wooden-soled shoes
  2. (as modifier): clog dance
7.
a heavy block, esp of wood, fastened to the leg of a person or animal to impede motion
8.
something that impedes motion or action; hindrance
9.
(slang) pop one's clogs, to die
Derived Forms
cloggy, adjective
clogginess, noun
Word Origin
C14 (in the sense: block of wood): of unknown origin

clog2

/klɒɡ/
verb clogs, clogging, clogged
1.
to use a photo-enabled mobile phone to take a photograph of (someone) and send it to a website without his or her knowledge or consent
Derived Forms
clogging, noun
Word Origin
C21: c(amera) + log
Word Origin and History for clog
n.

early 14c., clogge "a lump of wood," origin unknown. Also used in Middle English of large pieces of jewelry and large testicles. Cf. Norwegian klugu "knotty log of wood." Meaning "anything that impedes action" is from 1520s. The sense of "wooden-soled shoe" is first recorded late 14c.; they were used as overshoes until the introduction of rubbers c.1840. Originally all wood (hence the name), later wooden soles with leather uppers for the front of the foot only. Later revived in fashion (c.1970), primarily for women. Clog-dancing is attested from 1863.

v.

late 14c., "hinder," originally by fastening a block of wood to something, from clog (n.). Meaning "choke up with extraneous matter" is 17c. Related: Clogged; clogging.