clog (verb)

  • 1clog 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 …

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  • 2clog — 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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  • 3clog — ► NOUN 1) a shoe with a thick wooden sole. 2) an encumbrance. ► VERB (clogged, clogging) (often clog up) ▪ block or become blocked. ORIGIN originally in the sense «block of wood to impede an animal s movement»: origin unknown …

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  • 4clog — 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,… …

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  • 5clog — verb Syn: block, obstruct, congest, jam, choke, bung up, plug, stop up …

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  • 6clog — 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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  • 7clog — [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 …

  • 8clog — 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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  • 9clog — 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… …

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  • 10clog 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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