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  • 51clog — 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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  • 52clog — 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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  • 53clog — [[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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  • 54clog up — PHR V ERG When something clogs up a place, or when it clogs up, it becomes blocked so that little or nothing can pass through. [V P n (not pron)] 22,000 tourists were clogging up the pavements... [V P] The result is that the lungs clog up with a… …

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  • 55clog up — block or become blocked. → clog …

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  • 56clog — noun 1》 a shoe with a thick wooden sole. 2》 an obstacle or impediment. verb (clogs, clogging, clogged) (often clog up) block or become blocked. Origin ME (in the sense block of wood to impede an animal s movement ): of unknown origin …

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  • 57clog — I. v. a. 1. Trammel, shackle, hamper, fetter, put a clog on. 2. Obstruct, choke, choke up, stop up. 3. Encumber, hinder, impede, hamper, embarrass, cumber, restrain, trammel, burden, load. II. n. 1. Trammel, fetter, shackle, drag weight, dead… …

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  • 58clog — n. & v. n. 1 a shoe with a thick wooden sole. 2 archaic an encumbrance or impediment. 3 a block of wood to impede an animal s movement. v. (clogged, clogging) 1 (often foll. by up) a tr. obstruct, esp. by accumulation of glutinous matter. b intr …

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  • 59CLOG — Congestion Location Output Graphics (Governmental » Transportation) …

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  • 60clog, to —    The action of blocking fluid flow paths, especially around a well bore [16] …

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