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clog

Syllabification: (clog)
Pronunciation: /kläg, klôg/

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Definition of clog

noun

  • 1a shoe with a thick wooden sole.
  • 2an encumbrance or impediment:a clog in the system

verb (clogs, clogging, clogged)

  • block or become blocked with an accumulation of thick, wet matter: [with object]:the gutters were clogged up with leaves (as adjective clogged)clogged drains [no object]:too much fatty food makes your arteries clog up
  • [with object] fill up or crowd (something) so as to obstruct passage:tourists clog the roads in summer

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'block of wood to impede an animal's movement'): of unknown origin

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